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In 1890 Mr. Beaudry was united in marriage to Miss Leo Caddie Champaux, who passed away in 1902. On the 29th of October, 1907, he was again married, his second union being with Marie F. Carpenter, of Crookston, Minnesota. The children of his first marriage are: Herbane, deceased; Regine, a Sister of a Catholic order; Rose Alma, who has also taken vows in a Catholic sisterhood; Corinne, a Sister in the Catholic church; Oliver, at home; Romaine, who is residing with an uncle in Portland, Oregon; and two others who have passed away. The family are all mem- bers of the Holy Rosary Catholic church of Moxee City. Mrs. Beaudry's father, Michael Carpenter, removed from Quebec, Canada, to Crookston, Minnesota. About 1904 the family came to Yakima county, where the father purchased farm land in the Moxee valley and he was also the owner of a farm in Fruitvale. He passed away in 1914 but his widow survives and is now living in Moxee.
In his political views Mr. Beaudry is a democrat, having supported the party since becoming an American citizen. He is ever loyal to any cause which he espouses and true to any principle that he adopts. In business he is determined and energetic, carefully planning his interests and carrying out his plans with resolution and de- termination. The success which he has won has come to him as the reward of per- sistent, earnest labor, and his life illustrates what can be accomplished through in- dividual effort, combined with persistency of purpose.
WILLIAM M. FILEY.
William M. Filey, one of the popular and highly esteemed residents of the Selah valley, where he is identified with agricultural and horticultural interests, was born in Mendocino county, California, on the 6th of September, 1863, a son of William M. and Mary Elizabeth ( Monroe) Filey. The father was born in 1826 in Illinois and in 1852 went to California by way of Cape Horn. He continued his residence in the Golden state throughout his remaining days, passing away in 1910, when he had reached the venerable age of eighty-four years. While in California he had engaged in mining and ranching.
William M. Filey acquired a public school education in California, where he re- sided to the age of twenty-seven years, assisting his father after putting aside his textbooks. He then made his way to Washington, locating first in Seattle. In 1893 he went to Priest Rapids, where he took up a homestead, proving up on the property, which he afterward sold. He later secured two hundred acres more of government land near Priest Rapids on which not a furrow had been turned nor an improvement made and with characteristic energy he began its development. In 1907 he removed to Yakima county and in 1911 he purchased one hundred and eight acres of land in the east Selah. He has since sold all but forty acres of this tract and to its development and improvement he is giving his time and energies, ranking with the leading and representative farmers in his section of the state. While on the Colum- bia river near Priest Rapids, he was one of the first settlers in that locality and shared in all the hardships and privations of pioneer life. He made the improvements upon his place with driftwood and he put in water wheels to pump water for irrigation pur- poses. He lived the life of the typical pioneer, being dependent upon his own efforts and resources for all that he had. Cutting timber, he floated it down the river and
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sold it at Pasco and Kennewick for whatever he could get. He was the pioneer of the Priest Rapids country and the seeds of civilization which he there planted have borne excellent fruit. He has carefully and wisely conducted his farming interests in the Selah valley and won a well-earned reputation as a most progressive man whose labors are characterized by sound judgment.
In 1911 Mr. Filey was married to Miss Lucile Ashley, of Denver, Colorado, and they are both widely and favorably known in the section in which they make their home. In politics Mr. Filey is a republican where national questions and issues are involved but at local elections casts an independent ballot. His genial manner and pleasing personality have made him popular among all who know him and he is everywhere spoken of in terms of high regard. He is now developing a very fine ranch in the Selah valley and the development of his property is contributing in no small measure to the prosperity and general improvement of the district in which he lives. Like her husband, Mrs. Filey shares in the warm regard of those who know them. She was born in Victor, lowa, a daughter of James and Adeline Ashley, who removed to Denver prior to the establishment of the town, and the mother still lives there. Both Mr. and Mrs. Filey are widely and favorably known in Yakima county and the list of their friends is constantly being extended as the circle of their acquaintance broadens.
THOMAS EDWARD HOBBS.
The great prosperity of the state of Washington is to a very large extent due to its progressive agriculturists, who have made this one of the richest ranching sec- tions of the country. Among these is numbered Thomas Edward Hobbs, who has a valuable farm in the Cowiche valley, of which ten acres are devoted to apples, peaches and pears. He has closely studied fruit raising methods and has been very successful in orcharding. Born in Ripley county, Indiana, July 22, 1857, he is a son of William and Eliza (Rozell) Hobbs, natives of Virginia and Kentucky respectively. Both on the paternal and maternal sides the family were pioneers of Indiana, his grandparents having located in that state at an early day. There William Hobbs and Eliza Rozell were married and the former successfully engaged in farming in that state until his demise.
Thomas Edward Hobbs was reared under the parental roof. amid farm surround- ings, and from his parents received his first lessons in regard to life's duties. Thus were taught him honesty, industry and perseverance-the three virtues upon which a successful career essentially depends. Acquiring his education in the public schools. he subsequently turned his attention to farm labor in his native state but in 1881, at the age of twenty-four, removed to Pottawatomie county, Kansas, where he suc- cessfully farmed for about seventeen years. In 1898 he came to Yakima county and at first rented twenty acres on the Cowiche but in 1908 was able to buy the ranch which he now owns and he erected thereon a handsome residence and also built suitable barns and installed modern equipment. When he arrived here there were only thirty families in the valley and he has seen this district grow into one of the prosperous agricultural sections of the state. Since fruit raising has proved so suc- cessful, Mr. Hobbs has taken up this profitable industry and now has ten acres in orchard, devoted to apples, peaches and pears, while the remainder of the land is under the plow.
On the 9th of January, 1883, Mr. Hobbs was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Sumner, who was born in Brown county, Illinois, and is a daughter of William and Sarah (Colson) Sumner, natives of Virginia, who early in their lives became pioneers of Indiana, but later removed to Illinois and subsequently, in 1868, to Kansas, where both parents died. Mr. and Mrs. Hobbs have a son, Clarence, now engaged in ranch- ing. He married Grace Stewart, a daughter of William Alfred and Alice (Smith) Stewart, prominent pioneers of this district, of whom more extended mention is made on another page of this work. Mr. and Mrs. Clarence Hobbs have two chil- dren. Mrs. Thomas E. Hobbs and her son and his family attend the Baptist church, in the work of which they are actively interested.
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In his political affiliations Thomas E. Hobbs is a republican, npholding the standards of that party in national and state politics although in local affairs he fol- lows his own judgment to some extent. He has ever been interested in the growth and development of his district, to which he has greatly contributed. He is a suc- cessful man and great credit is due him for what he has achieved as he hegan life empty-handed. Many are those whom he calls friends in his district, all of whom agree as to his good qualities as a citizen, business man and valuable member of the community.
JACOB MARTIN JENNE.
Jacob Martin Jenne, the owner of one of the best ranches in the vicinity of Grandview, was born in Germany, March 18, 1849, a son of John Martin and Mary Jenne, who on coming to the new world took their family to Illinois, settling in Cal- houn county, where the father purchased a large farm. His remaining days were devoted to its cultivation and improvement, and following his death, which occurred in Calhoun county, his widow removed to St. Louis, Missouri, and later came to Washington, where she passed away.
The year 1876 witnessed the arrival of Jacob Martin Jenne in Island county, Washington, where he rented a large farm which he cultivated for several years. Subsequently he spent twelve years in California but afterward returned to Island cornty, Washington, where he resided until 1897. He then went to Alaska, where he was connected with the Treadwell Mining Company, spending six years in that country and winning substantial profits during the period. He then located his family at Pullman, Washington, sending his boys to college there, and in 1905 he purchased a ranch of forty acres two miles from the present town site of Grandview. although it was not until the succeeding year that the town was platted and laid out. He later sold twenty acres of his land for more than he had paid for the entire tract. He had given fifty-eight hundred dollars for the forty acres and later sold this for more than twenty thousand dollars. In 1909 he bought twenty acres south of Grandview, huilt thereon a fine residence and good barns and bent his energies to the development and improvement of the place, which at that time was wild and covered with sagebrush. His labors have since wrought a marked trans- formation in the ranch, of which twelve acres is now planted to apples and pears. while the remainder is plow land devoted to the raising of hay and grain. He also conducts a dairy business and his is regarded as one of the best ranches of the neighborhood. He has also planted sixty acres of orchards for others and he is an acknowledged authority upon fruit production in the west.
On the 21st of February, 1878, Mr. Jenne was united in marriage to Miss Mary E. Bingham, a native of California, who for thirty years successfully engaged in teaching school. Their children are as follows: Frank A., the eldest, with his father, is a graduate of Pullman College, in which he completed a course in civil engineering. He married Lora D. Malone, who was born near Pullman, Washington, a daughter of John H. Malone, who located in the Walla Walla valley in 1864 and now resides near Moscow, Idaho. He took up a homestead in the Palouse country in 1873. He had crossed the plains with ox teams in 1864 and was among the earliest of the pioneers in the section in which he located. His wife was horn in Oregon. while Mr. Malone is a native of Missouri. Mrs. Malone bore the maiden name of Mary Sparr and was a daughter of one of the pioneer settlers of California who afterward removed to Oregon. As stated, their daughter Lora hecame the wife of Frank A. Jenne and to them have been born two children: Don E., who was born in Mexico, where his father was engaged in surveying work; and Adelle M. Both are now in school. The second of the Jenne family was Eldred L., who passed away at the early age of twenty-six years. He, too, was a graduate of Pullman College and of Cornell University. He became a famous entomologist and was the discoverer of the methods and habits of the codling moth. He became a famous expert on all insect pests. A young man of great promise, his ability won high recognition from the government and he was the author of much data on insect life. He made many
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discoveries concerning the enemies of fruit trees and various articles which he wrote have been published and widely circulated by the United States Department of Agri- culture. He worked to within ten days of his death, which was occasioned by con- sumption. The next of the family died in infancy and Alvin passed away at the age of six years.
Mr. Jenne belongs to the Masonic fraternity. His political attitude is one of independence of party ties. He votes for men and measures rather than for party and he stands loyally for his honest convictions. He is today a prominent rancher of the northwest. He shipped the first car load of apples out of Grandview and he and his son have been continuously connected with the development of this section. In fact his son, Frank A. Jenne, came to the district a year before the father and aided in making a survey of the land which they now own and cultivate. He also helped raise the dam across the Yakima river at Prosser and aided in building the sewer system of Prosser and its sidewalks. He has been a prominent engineer and rancher and the family, both father and son, have contributed in marked measure to the progress and upbuilding of the section of the state in which they make their home.
S. J. SIMONSON.
S. J. Simonson has been instrumental in the development of a most prominent industry of Yakima conducted under the name of the Cascade Creamery Company. He was born in Denmark, July 26, 1886, thus coming from a land in which dairying interests constitute a most important feature in prosperity and business activity. His parents were Soren and Sine Simonsen. The father has now passed away, but the mother is still living in Denmark.
It was in his native land that S. J. Simonson acquired his public school edu- cation and after his textbooks were put aside he there entered into active connection with the creamery business. In 1907, however, he crossed the Atlantic, attracted by the favorable business opportunities of the new world, and made his way to Port- land, Oregon, where he was connected with the Hazelwood Company for about three years. In 1910 he came to Yakima in charge of the branch house of the com- pany at this place. He purchased the business in 1913 and reorganized it under the name of the Cascade Creamery Company. In this undertaking he was associated with Mrs. N. E. Duncan. Their plant was originally at No. 8 North Fourth avenne, where they continued until the spring of 1918, when the company erected a new building at Nos. 114 to 120 North Front street. They have a frontage of one hun- dred feet, with a depth of one hundred and forty feet, and the building of pressed brick and cement is one story in height, with white finish inside. The company engages in the manufacture of butter, condensed milk and ice cream. Everything is conducted along most sanitary and cleanly lines and the place is most attractive by reason of the systematic methods followed and the care that is taken in the pro- duction of a high-grade output. The company is now making five hundred thousand pounds of butter per year and has a capacity for one million pounds or more. Its output also includes five hundred thousand pounds of condensed milk annually and fifty thousand gallons of ice cream per year, the latter being sold throughout the Yakima valley. They use the product of about four thousand cows, furnished by three hundred ranchers, and they employ about twenty people in the factory. Theirs is the hest equipped dairy plant in Washington. It is all modern equipment, includ- ing electric power and the latest improved machinery. I. Benediktson has been the vice president and in charge of the manufacturing for the past three years. Mr. Simonson gives his attention largely to constructive effort, to administrative direc- tion and executive control of the business and his sonnd judgment in all matters of dairying and kindred interests constitutes a most important element in the continued growth of the trade.
On the 26th of July, 1912, Mr. Simonson was married to Miss Jessie Van Bus- kirk, of Yakima, and they have become parents of two children, Johanna and Paul. Fraternally Mr. Simonson is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of
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Elks, while his religious faith is indicated by his membership in the Christian church. He belongs to the Commercial Club, also to the Yakima Valley Business Men's As- sociation and is active in promoting through these organizatons the commercial interests and material development of this section of the state. He is also a men- ber of the Country Club and is appreciative of the social amenities of life. In poli- tics he is a republican, versed on the questions and issues of the day and yet with- out désire for public office. However, he is never remiss in the duties of citizen- ship and stands for those interests which are of greatest value in promoting the wel- fare and progress of community, commonwealth and country.
JEROME T. BAIRD.
Few men have contributed in as large or in more substantial manner to the development of ranching interests in Yakima county than has Jerome T. Baird, whose efforts have been directly resultant in the upbuilding of the section in which he lives. He is a man of resolute purpose who accomplishes what he undertakes and his actions are at all times guided by sound judgment. He was born in Wayne county, Ohio, October 16, 1858, a son of Cyrus and Amy (Tyler) Baird, who were also natives of the Buckeye state. The ancestral line is traced back to Cyrus Baird, the grandfather, and Aaron Baird, the great-grandfather, who became one of the early pioneer settlers of Ohio, taking up his abode in that state in 1812. The mother of Jerome T. Baird was a daughter of Benjamin Tyler, who arrived in Ohio in his boyhood days-also in the year 1812. Indians were numerous there and Jerome T. Baird was named for an Indian who had espoused the Baptist faith. The family took up government land and old Fort Hill was situated on the farm of Benjamin Tyler. Cyrus Baird was also a farmer by occupation and he had financial interests and investments in Iowa, but both he and his wife passed away in Ohio. In politics he was a prominent democrat but never an office seeker.
Jerome T. Baird acquired a limited education and when but fourteen years of age started out in the business world in connection with the drug trade, serving an apprenticeship in a store at Wooster, Ohio. Subsequently he purchased a drug store in that city and conducted it for a few years, while later he established a livery business at Wooster and conducted it for twelve years. He next went upon the road as a traveling salesman and afterward engaged in the insurance business. In 1899 he became a resident of Iowa but in 1900 came to Yakima county, where he has since made his home. Here he found conditions, opportunities and advantages such as he sought and desired. He bought forty acres of land seven miles west of Sunnyside. It was all covered with sagebrush, but with characteristic energy he began its development. In the fall of 1900 he removed to Sunnyside and engaged in clerking in a drug store there until 1906, during which period he was developing his ranch. He now has twelveacres planted to apples, while the remainder is used for the growing of alfalfa, of which he annually produces large crops. His business affairs have been conducted along most progressive lines. In 1912 he built a fine packing house and warehouse upon his place with a capacity for ten car loads of fruit. He also has a railway station on his place called Baird. He has erected an attractive residence and added to his ranch all modern improvements indicative of the progressive spirit of the twentieth century as manifest in agricultural and hor- ticultural lines.
On the 11th of February, 1914, Mr. Baird was married to Mrs. Eunice (Finne- gan) White. She was born in Missouri, a daughter of Patrick and Margaret (Kite) Finnegan, the former a native of Ireland, while the latter was born in Iowa, in which state they were married. Her father was a railroad man and both he and his wife are now deceased. By her former marriage Mrs. Baird had a daughter, Helen White, who was born October 3, 1910, and is now in school. By his first marriage Mr. Baird had three sons: Herbert and Hiram, twins, the former now in school, while the latter died on the 19th of February, 1917: and Ora, who was horn April 23, 1907, and is now in school. The sons were the first twins born in Sunny- side, their natal day being May 10, 1903.
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In politics Mr. Baird is a republican. He has served as school director for two terms but has never sought or desired political office, preferring to give his thought, time and attention to his ranching interests. He is a charter member of the Yakima Fruit Growers' Association, is a trustee of the main organization and the president of the local branch. He keeps in close touch with everything bearing upon condi- tions relative to the agricultural and horticultural development of the district and his progressive spirit has constituted a contributing factor to the success which has been achieved along these lines in Yakima county.
FRANK M. CRABB.
Frank M. Crabb dates his residence in Yakima county from 1894 but has been a resident of Washington since 1875, when the family home was established in Clarke county, this state. He was born in Coles county, Illinois, March 27, 1864, a son of Stephen and Mary Crabb, who were natives of Indiana and of Illinois respectively. The father came to Clarke county, Washington, in 1875, his wife having passed away in Illinois in 1867, when her son Frank was but three years of age. Following his removal to the west the father carried on general farming in Clarke county, Wash- ington, where he continued to make his home until his death, which occurred in January, 1916.
Frank M. Crabb acquired a public school education in Washington, having been a lad of but eleven years when the family home was established in this state. When his textbooks were put aside he began working for wages and was thus employed until 1889, when he purchased a thirty-acre ranch in Clarke county, which he further developed and improved until 1894, when he sold the property and removed to Yakima county. Here he worked for wages until January, 1906, when he pur- chased ten acres of land on the lower Naches and later hought eleven acres more. He now has an orchard of two acres, while the remainder of his place is devoted to the raising of hay, corn and other farm crops. He also has a fine dairy and keeps high-grade Holstein cattle. The various branches of his business are carefully man- aged and are proving very profitable.
On the 3d of June, 1903, Mr. Crabb was united in marriage to Miss Carrie Hall, who was born in Shelby county, Illinois, a daughter of W. F. and Matilda (Warner) Hall. They have an adopted son, Albert H., who is now twenty-one years of age. Mr. and Mrs. Crabb are members of the Congregational church, are loyal to its teachings and take an active interest in its work. In politics Mr. Crabb is a repub- lican and he has served on the school board and on the ditch board. He is a public- spirited citizen, interested in everything that has to do with the welfare and progress of the community, and any project for public benefit always receives his endorse- ment and support.
ALVIDO BERNIER.
There is a very considerable element of the citizenship of the Selah valley that has come from France or traces its ancestry to that land. Among this number is Alvido Bernier, who is of French lineage although born in St. Paul, Minnesota, on the 7th of February, 1873. His parents were Telespher and Odelia Bernier, pioneer settlers of Crookston, Minnesota, where they took up their abode in 1878, when their son Alvido was a little lad of but five years. They were farming people and the father devoted his attention to the cultivation of the soil in that locality to the time of his death. His widow survives and is now living with her son.
Alvido Bernier acquired a public school education in Minnesota, where he was reared to the occupation of farming, which he followed in that state until 1903. The reports which reached him concerning the opportunities of the west determined him to try his fortune in this section of the country and in 1903 he arrived in Yakima county. After looking over the district he purchased, in 1904, forty acres of land on
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Selah Heights and since has bought sixty acres more. It was a wild and undeveloped tract on which not a furrow had been turned nor an improvement made, in fact he had to open a road to his place. After a time he sold twenty acres of the original purchase but still has twenty acres of that tract, which he has planted to apples, grapes, prunes, and cherries. His orchards are in excellent condition, his vineyards also bring forth excellent fruit and he has won for himself a creditable place among the horticulturists of this part of the state. In 1911 he erected a fine stone residence upon his ranch and he has also built a good packing house and such barns and sheds as are necessary for the shelter of his products and the stock upon his place.
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