History of the Yakima Valley, Washington; comprising Yakima, Kittitas, and Benton Counties, Vol. II, Part 2

Author: Lyman, William Denison, 1852-1920
Publication date: 1919
Publisher: [Chicago] S.J. Clarke
Number of Pages: 1138

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Stamps drive and organized the campaign to put the war stamps into every home. His own personal subscriptions to the Liberty Loan and stamp drives were very large. All who knew Mr. Donald bear testimony to his sterling worth and pro- gressiveness in business and his many admirable qualities. He did not have the extended circle of friends that many claim, but his friends were very close to him and at all times he held friendship inviolable. His demise occurred on the 4th of March, 1919.

ALEXANDER E. McCREDY.

Alexander E. McCredy, a banker and capitalist of Wapato and a most progressive and representative business man of the Yakima valley, comes to this district from Yamhill county, Oregon, where he was born on the 3d of May, 1868. He is a son of William A. and Elizabeth B. (Beaman) McCredy, the former a native of Ohio, while the latter was born in Missouri.

A public school education, acquired by Alexander E. McCredy in his native state, was supplemented by collegiate training at McMinnville, Oregon, and by a course in a business college at Portland, Oregon. He then became identified with live stock interests of Klickitat county, where he remained from 1880 until 1893. In the latter year he removed to the Yakima valley and here turned his attention to the sheep and cattle industry. In 1902 he was appointed by Secretary of the In- terior Hitchcock as Indian post trader at Simcoe, which was later named Wapato and at which point a postoffice was established with Mrs. McCredy as postmistress. In 1905 Mr. McCredy laid out the townsite of Wapato, since which time he has been closely associated with the development and progress of the district. On the 9th of April, 1906, he established the Wapato State Bank, which was nationalized on the 19th of May, 1908, as the First National Bank. He has remained at the head of the institution as president since its inception, bending his efforts to administrative direction and executive control. This is but one feature of his business, however, for he is identified with many activities. It was Mr. McCredy who established the Post Traders Store, now conducted under the name of the Hub Mercantile Com- pany and of which he remained treasurer until 1916. His efforts in behalf of Wapato have been far-reaching and beneficial. He began the development of the townsite on an eighty-acre tract by a special act of congress and later another eighty aeres was added the following year. Mr. McCredy purchased the land and organized the Wapato Development Company, of which he has since been the secretary and treasurer. Good lots were sold at from one hundred to five hundred dollars and some of these lots that brought five hundred dollars in the beginning have ad- vanced in price to fifteen hundred dollars. He became one of the organizers of the Yakima Trust Company and figures prominently in financial as well as in real estate and commercial circles. A considerable portion of his landed possessions he is carefully cultivating, and his home at Wapato is one of the most beautiful in the valley.

In 1900 Mr. McCredy was married to Miss Alice Barge, a native of Illinois but a resident of Yakima at the time of her marriage. She is a daughter of Professor B. F. Barge, who was the first president of the State Normal School at Ellensburg.

Mr. McCredy is a charter member of Wapato Lodge, A. F. & A. M., and has taken the Scottish Rite degrees, while of Afifi Temple of the Mystic Shrine he is a life member. He has also passed through the York Rite, being identified with Yakima Chapter, No. 21, R. A. M., and Yakima Commandery, No. 13, K. T., going up in the first classes in each organization. He is likewise a life member of the Elks Lodge No. 318 of Yakima and he belongs to the Yakima Country Club. His political endorsement is given to the republican party. His activities have covered a wide scope. Opportunities which others have passed heedlessly by he has recognized and developed and his labors have been a most potent force in bringing about desired results. Any one meeting Mr. McCredy face to face would know at once that he is an individual embodying all the elements of what in this country we term a "square" man-one in whom to have confidence, a dependable man in any relation

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and any emergency. His quietude of deportment, his easy dignity, his frankness and cordiality, with a total absence of anything sinister or anything to conceal, foretoken a man who is ready to meet any obligation of life with the confidence and courage that come of conscious personal ability, right conception of things and an habitual regard for what is best in the exercise of human activity.

CHARLES R. DONOVAN.

For almost a quarter of a century Charles R. Donovan has been identified with financial interests in Yakima, first in connection with public service and later as a representative of banking interests. In July, 1900, he entered into relations with the First National Bank, of which he is now the cashier. Mr. Donovan is of Canadian birth. He was born in Chatham, Ontario, on the 4th of May, 1869, and is a son of James and Sarah Donovan. In 1889 the parents removed with their family to Tacoma, Washington. The father died October 31, 1918, and had engaged in the bakery business in the east but was living retired at the time of his death. His widow is still a resident of Tacoma.

Charles R. Donovan acquired a public school education in his native country and supplemented it by a course in a collegiate institute. He afterward pursued a commercial course in Tacoma and thus acquainted himself with modern business methods. In 1892 he removed to North Yakima and was with the Prosser Falls and Priest Rapids Irrigation Company until 1894. From 1895 until 1900 he acceptably and creditably filled the position of deputy county treasurer and it was his record in that connection that secured him a position in the First National Bank, which he entered in July, 1900. Steadily working his way upward in that institution, he was elected its cashier on the 10th of July, 1912, and has since served in that capacity. He is alert, energetic and progressive and is doing much to further the success of the bank.

On the 3d of May, 1899, Mr. Donovan was married to Miss Anna M. Ditter, a daughter of Henry and Katherine Ditter. Their children are: Mary; Anna; Agnes; Katherine, deceased; Ursula; Charles J .; and Alfred. The religious faith of the fam- ily is that of the Catholic church and Mr. Donovan is identified with the Knights of Columbus, the Catholic Order of Foresters and the Knights of The Maccabees. In politics he maintains an independent course, voting according to the dictates of his judgment with little regard to party ties. He has served as city treasurer of Yakima for ten years, filling the position until the commission form of government was adopted, and his military service covers connection with the Washington National Guard. He is a typical resident of the northwest, ever watchful of opportunities pointing to progress along the lines of benefit for the individual and for the com munity.

JOHN S. GABBARD.

While one of the more recent arrivals in Cowiche, John S. Gabbard has already made for himself a creditable place as a successful ranchman. He was born in Owsley county, Kentucky, November 24. 1887, a son of Michael and Mary A. (Man- gan) Gabbard, the former a native of Kentucky, while the latter was born in Jones- borough, Ireland. The father was a son of Isaac Gabbard, who was a pioneer set- tler of Kentucky and who had five sons who served in the Union army. The family came of German ancestry and has figured very prominently in connection with public events in Kentucky. Michael Gabbard devoted his life to general agricultural pur- suits in Kentucky and after reaching manhood he wedded Mary A. Mangan, a daughter of Hugh and Ann (Mckinley) Mangan. The Mckinleys came from Jones- borough, Ireland, and the father of President Mckinley came from the same place. Hugh Mangan, the grandfather of Mr. Gabbard of this review, started for California in 1849, attracted by the discovery of gold on the Pacific slope, but was never heard

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from again. His daughter, Mrs. Gabbard, is still living and now makes her home with her son in Yakima county.

John S. Gabbard obtained a public school education in his native state and con- tinued to devote his attention to farming in Kentucky until October, 1917, when he came to the northwest and purchased forty-one acres of land on Naches Heights. He is here engaged in raising hay, potatoes, wheat and corn and is meeting with good success in the cultivation of his fields. He is also engaged in raising hogs.

On the 28th of April, 1911, Mr. Gabbard was married to Miss Laura B. Ever- sole, a native of Kentucky and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John C. Eversole, who were farming people of that state. Mr. and Mrs. Gabbard have become parents of three children: Hugh Mangan, Beulah Marie and Robert Emmett.

The religious faith of the family is that of the Methodist church and to its teach- ings they loyally adhere, doing all in their power to promote the growth of the church and extend its influence. In politics Mr. Gabbard is a republican and keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day but does not seek nor desire public office. His aspirations are in other directions. He has already made for himself a creditable position among the ranchmen of the Cowiche district and the qualities which he has displayed in the conduct of his business affairs argue well for the future.

F. A. WILLIAMS.

F. A. Williams, a banker and capitalist residing at Toppenish, was born in Wa- basha county, Minnesota, in 1860, a son of Zachariah and Ann (Elsey) Williams, both of whom were natives of England, whence they came to the new world when young people. They were pioneer settlers of Minnesota, removing with ox teams to that state about the year 1840, and for a considerable period they were closely identified with the development and upbuilding of Wabasha county. The father has now passed away, but the mother is still living in Spokane at the advanced age of eighty-eight years. She is a most wonderfully preserved woman for one of her age, her intel- lectual faculties remaining unimpaired and she keeps in close touch with the hap- penings of the day.

F. A. Williams acquired a public school education in his native state and started upon his business career as an employe in a mercantile establishment. The year 1884 witnessed his arrival in Washington, at which time he located in Ellensburg and there embarked in business, organizing the Williams-Smithson Company, a hard- ware concern. In later years he has extended his activities into various other fields. He came to Toppenish in 1898 and on the 1st of August of that year organized the Toppenish Trading Company, which was incorporated in 1908. In the latter year they removed to a new location, having a building one hundred and forty by one hundred and ten feet. It is two stories and basement in height and theirs is the old- est mercantile establishment of the city. Mr. Williams started the business under a government license, his being the only store allowed in Toppenish at that time. He has always conducted a department store, carrying all lines of merchandise, and as the years have passed on the trade of the house has constantly grown. At the time the business was started Mr. Williams did most of the shipping of the produce raised in this section. Land was leased to white people for the first time in the year in which Mr. Williams took up his abode in Toppenish. He became the pioneer merchant of the town and with the development and upbuilding of the city has been continuously identified throughout all the intervening years. With the settlement of the district his trade steadily grew until it has now assumed most gratifying and extensive proportions. Mr. Williams remains the president of the company, with Z. Y. Coleman as vice-president and general manager and William McGowan as secretary and treasurer. The name of Mr. Williams has long been synonymous with most progressive mercantile interests yet he has not confined his attention to this field of activity alone. He has been the president of the First National Bank of Toppenish since it was organized and he is also a director of the First National Bank of Zillah. He is likewise a director of the Traders' State Bank of Toppenish

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and is thoroughly familiar with every phase of the banking business and with many problems that are continually arising in connection with banking interests. He is the owner of a fine orchard of eighty acres and he also has one thousand acres de- voted to diversified farming. It is to his agricultural interests that he is now devot- ing most of his time and attention. Mr. Williams purchased the second tract of land that was sold by the government off the Yakima reservation and all of his land is on the reservation near Toppenish. He farms altogether fifteen hundred acres and is therefore classed with the leading agriculturists of the state. He has likewise ven- tured into the newspaper field and is now the owner of both papers of Toppenish- the Toppenish Review and the Toppenish Tribune.

In 1887 Mr. Williams was married to Miss Clara Lynch, a daughter of Samuel Lynch and a sister of J. Lynch, the former Indian agent. Mrs. Williams passed away in 1898, leaving a son Paul, who is now a student in the University of Washington.

In his fraternal connections Mr. Williams is an Elk, belonging to Lodge No. 318 of Yakima. His political endorsement is given to the republican party and he is a most loyal citizen who is now putting all of his investments into Liberty Bonds. He cooperates in every possible way in the support of the government in this crisis in the world's history and his aid and influence are always given on the side of those projects which are a matter of civic worth. His business career cannot fail to elicit admiration and praise from those who know aught of his history. Starting out in life without any particular advantages, he early came to a realization of the fact that industry is the sure foundation upon which to build success. He early learned that success is as a will-o'-the-wisp before the dreamer but surrenders its treasures to the man of resolute spirit and determination. Another fact of which he early became cognizant was that honesty is the best policy and thus he has combined industry and integrity in his career to the attainment of results and position which are most enviable.

HENRY BLATCHFORD SCUDDER.

The name of Henry Blatchford Scudder is inseparably interwoven with the record of Yakima. He took the initial step in many works of progress in the com- munity and always stood for advancement and improvement. He figured promi- nently in agricultural and financial· circles and was ever recognized as a high type of American manhood and chivalry. He was born in Brookline, Massachusetts, June 18, 1844, a son of Charles William and Alicia Harriet (Blatchford) Scudder, the latter being a daughter of Henry Blatchford, who was a minister of the Presbyterian church. The Scudder ancestral line is traced down from John Scudder of Barnstable, Massachusetts. Born in England in 1619, he in 1635, came from London to America, and located first at Charlestown, Massachusetts; in 1640 he moved to Barnstable, Massachusetts, the home of his descendants. The Blatchfords were also of an old colonial family that settled in New York, and one of the well known representatives of this family was Judge Blatchford, a distinguished jurist. The line is traced back to the Rev. Samuel Blatchford, of England, and his son, the Rev. Henry Blatchford, was the father of Alicia Harriet Blatchford, who became the wife of Charles William Scudder. For many years the parents of Mr. Scudder were prominent and well known residents of Brookline, Massachusetts, where they remained until called to their final rest.

Henry Blatchford Scudder was a pupil in the Latin School of Boston under the Rev. Phillips Brooks. He afterward continued his education in the Phillips Acad- emy at Andover, Massachusetts, and in Williams College. Following the outbreak of the Civil war he responded to the country's call for troops and enlisted as a member of Company A, Forty-fifth Massachusetts Volunteer Infantry, and while on active duty at the front was wounded in the head. He remained with his regiment, how- ever, until the close of the war. When the country no longer needed his military aid he returned to the north and secured employment in the Middlesex (Mass.) mills, and working his way upward in that connection became manager of the woolen mills operated under the name of the Dudley Hosiery Mills. Subsequently he returned to

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Brookline, Massachusetts, where he owned the Allston Mills, near Boston, on what is now Commonwealth avenue. Eventually he sold out his business there and in April, 1888, came to Yakima with his family. In December, 1887, in association with C. E. Hubbard, of Boston, he had invested in farm lands, purchasing six hundred acres on the Moxee four miles east of Yakima, and from that time until his death was identified with the most progressive measures leading to the substantial devel- opment and improvement of this section of the state. Before leaving the east he shipped some Holstein cattle to the Yakima valley, which were the first to be brought to this part of the country for dairy purposes. He assisted in putting down the first artesian well in Yakima county. He had one of the best dairies in the state, conducted along the most scientific lines, and his business reached extensive proportions. About 1893 he opened a real estate office in Yakima which since his death has been con- ducted by his son-in-law, C. A. Marsh. In that connection he built up a business of large extent, negotiating many important realty transfers which led to the upbuilding of the city as well as to the promotion of his individual prosperity. Mr. Scudder was also one of those who developed the electric railway and the heating plant at Yakima and for many years he served as a director of the First National Bank. He erected the Barnes-Woodin building and there seemed to be no line of beneficial activity in Yakima with which he was not more or less closely associated.

On the 21st of April, 1866, Mr. Scudder was united in marriage to Julia Randolph Perry, who comes of an ancestry equally honored and distinguished as his own. She is a daughter of Oliver Hazard and Elizabeth Anne (Randolph) Perry, the former a son of Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, the hero of the battle of Lake Erie. They were residents of Newport, Rhode Island, and the father of Mrs. Scudder served as a lieutenant in the United States navy until 1847, when he turned his attention to the woolen manufacturing business, becoming one of the prominent manufacturers of New England. He was descended from Edward Perry, who came to America in 1650 and was of Quaker faith and a man of prominence in the new world. Freeman Perry served in the Revolutionary war and was assistant secretary of state of Rhode Island, while Christopher Champlain, a relative of his wife, also aided in the struggle for American independence. Captain Christopher Raymond Perry, father of Com- modore Oliver H. Perry, served on a man-of-war from 1780 until 1783. Commodore Oliver Hazard Perry, who was born in 1785 and died in 1819, was a naval com- mander in the War of 1812, whose laconic message, "We have met the enemy and they are ours," has gone down in history. He was the father of Oliver Hazard Perry, who was born in 1815 and passed away in 1878. True to the record of his ancestors, he, too, responded to the call of his country for military aid and was a veteran of the Mexican war. He married Elizabeth Anne Randolph, a descendant of William Randolph, of Yorkshire, England, who wedded Mary Isham and on coming to America settled at Turkey Island, Virginia, since which time the name of Randolph has been closely associated with the history of the south. Peyton Randolph, of Milton, Virginia, wedded Lucy Harrison, a daughter of Governor Harrison of Bran- don, and their son, Richard Kidder Randolph, became the father of Elizabeth Anne Randolph, who married Oliver Hazard Perry.

The children of Mr. and Mrs. Scudder were as follows: Mary Mosley, who died in December, 1913; Marshall Sears, who served with the rank of captain in the Spanish-American war and is now a captain in the Three Hundred and Sixty-first Regiment of the Ninety-first Division, on active duty in France; Alice Blatchford; Anne Randolph: Lucy Randolph; Bessie Perry; and Randolph Perry, a commander in the United States navy.

In his political views Mr. Scudder was a stalwart republican but always refused office. He took a most active interest in public affairs, however, and gave his earnest support to all measures and movements for the general good. His cooperation could at all times be counted upon to further any plan for public progress along material, intellectual and moral lines. He passed away July 20, 1917, and in his death Yakima lost one of her most valned citizens. He had not only been closely associated. with her material development but with her moral progress as well. He was one of those who established the Episcopal church of Yakima, for which Edward Potter, brother of Bishop Potter, of New York, drew the plans, and the communion service for the church was given by the Rev. Leonard K. Storrs, of Brookline, Massachusetts. Mr.

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Scudder was a most active, earnest and helpful worker in the church as the years passed by and for a long period served as senior warden. It is not difficult to speak of him, for his life and his character were as clear as the sunlight. No man came in contact with him but speedily appreciated him at his true worth and knew that he was a man who cherished not only a high ideal of duty but who lived up to it. He was not an idle sentimentalist but a worker. He was at the head of large business interests, which he managed successfully, yet it was his rule to set apart some time cach day for the labors of love to which he was so devoted.

CYRUS E. SANDERSON.

One of the prominent orchardists and farmers of the Yakima valley is Cyrus E. Sanderson, owner of a valuable and highly improved property which is the visible evidence of his well directed energy, thrift and progressive spirit. Mr. Sanderson was born in Jacksonville, Illinois, January 26, 1861, his parents being Cyrus and Charlotte Sanderson, both of whom have passed away. The father was a cabinet- maker by trade. He was born in Maysville, Kentucky, and in young manhood went to Illinois, where he met and married Charlotte D. Mosley, whose birth occurred in Ogdensburg, New York.

Cyrus E. Sanderson obtained a business college education and afterward entered a grocery store in Jacksonville, Illinois, as a clerk. Subsequently he was connected with a shoe store and in 1887 he removed to Lincoln, Nebraska, where he again engaged in clerking. In 1890 he established business on his own account in Lin- coln, forming a partnership in the shoe trade. There he remained until 1909, when he sold out and went to Europe, where he continued for a year. The following year was spent in Cuba and in 1912 he arrived in Yakima, since which time he has been identified with the development and progress of this section of the state along agricultural and horticultural lines. He and his brother, Henry Sanderson, pur- chased thirty acres of orchard and incorporated their interests under the name of Sanderson Brothers. In 1913 they built their residence, having one of the finest in the valley. There is a beautiful fountain on the grounds and they have twenty- five acres planted to apples and five acres to pears. They have a fine frostproof dry storage plant and packing house with a capacity for ten thousand boxes of fruit and their orchards yield twelve thousand boxes of apples per year. They have closely studied to develop their orchards by planting the fruits best adapted to soil and climate and they produce some of the finest fruit that is sent from Washington to the east. Mr. Sanderson was one of the organizers of the Yakima Fruit Growers' Exchange and served as its president for several years. This later was merged into the Yakima County Horticultural Union. He also assisted in organizing the Fruit Growers' Exchange, which has since passed out of existence. He has taken a most helpful part in organizing the fruit growers in order to fully protect their interests in the northwest and devoted about three years of his life to that work.

On the 5th of April, 1891, C. E. Sanderson was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Marine, a native of Muncie, Indiana. They are members of the Methodist church and he is identified with the Modern Woodmen of America, the Royal Ar- canum, and a number of other orders. In politics he is an independent republican, for while he usually supports the principles of the republican party. he does not consider himself bound by party ties and casts his ballot according to the dictates of his judgment.

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History of the Yakima Valley, Washington; comprising Yakima, Kittitas, and Benton Counties, Vol. II, Part 2

Author: Lyman, William Denison, 1852-1920 Publication date: 1919 Publisher: [Chicago] S.J. Clarke Number of Pages: 1138

Author: Lyman, William Denison, 1852-1920
Publication date: 1919
Publisher: [Chicago] S.J. Clarke
Number of Pages: 1138