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On the 12th of October, 1887, Mr. Jones was married to Miss Rosa Marvin, who was then county school superintendent of Spokane county, a daughter of W. R. Marvin, retired. When elected county school superintendent she was filling the office of county auditor of Lincoln county. She comes of an old New England family and her father was a soldier of the Civil war while some of her ancestors served through the Revolutionary war. Five children have been born unto Mr and Mrs. Jones: Vaughan M., private secretary of the manager of Scrips McCrea; Richard L., a reporter on the Daily Chronicle; Helen M., who graduated from the Spokane high school and was editor of the High School Annual; Florence M., now a pupil in the high school; and William Cary Jones, Jr., also pursuing his educa- tion. The family have lived in the same house probably longer than any other resident of Spokane, having since 1889 made their home at No. 1807 Riverside avenue. They attend the meetings of the Unitarian Society, of which Mr. Jones is a member. He belongs to the blue lodge, chapter, consistory and Mystic Shrine in Masonry, and has been orator of the order part of the time. He also holds mem- bership in Elks Lodge, No. 228, of Spokane. While in Washington he was a member of the Army and Navy Club, in Butte was a member of the Silver Bow Club, and in Helena of the Montana Club. His life work has by no means reached its fruition in the world. He is still a close student of the living issues of the day, and his opinions, publicly or privately expressed, carry considerable weight and influence. Added to the intrinsic element of character are the high professional attainments of the man, his fine mind and his power as a leader of public thought and action-and along this line there must be accorded dne consideration for Wil- liam Cary Jones and a recognition of the high prestige which he has gained.
FITZHERBERT MCCULLOUGH.
FitzHerbert McCullough, engaged in the general real-estate business in Spo- kane, has been a resident of this city from the period of its villagehood, arriving here in 1883, long before its population had reached the thousand mark. He was born in Brockville, Canada, September 6, 1854, and his parents, William and Eunice Mccullough, were also natives of that country. The father, who was of Irish descent, became a manufacturer of Brockville and was also prominent and active in civic matters, serving as a member of the school board and in other pub- lic connections. He died in that city in August, 1885, having for a long period survived his wife, whose death occurred August 4, 1866.
FitzHerbert Mccullough pursued his education in the graded and high schools of Brockville and afterward became connected with a surveying party having in charge the surveying of a road out of Montreal which is now owned by the Canadian Pacific system. He was then about seventeen years of age. The following year he entered the London branch of the Bank of Montreal at London, Ontario, spend- ing between eight and nine years in that institution. He resigned his position to tour the country with his father in the summer of 1882. This brought him knowl- edge of the west and in 1883 he came to Spokane. There was a town near the Falls of about one thousand inhabitants and to some extent outlying districts were claimed and were being placed under cultivation, yet on the whole this was a wild
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and unimproved region. For two or three years Mr. Mccullough was engaged in the piano business and then turned his attention to real estate, in which he has since been engaged, handling in the meantime much property and negotiating many important realty transfers.
On the 31st of December, 1890, Mr. Mccullough was united in marriage in Spo- kane to Mrs. Henriette Campbell, of this city, who died February 13, 1909. Mr. McCullough has two stepdaughters, Edna and Effie Campbell. In his political views he is a republican but has never been an aspirant to office. He belongs to the Chamber of Commerce-a manifestation of his interest in all that pertains to the city's business development and to its improvement and progress along every line, for that organization has as its object the broader interests of the city. That Mr. Mccullough has met with a substantial measure of success in his undertakings is indicated in the fact that he has continuously remained in one line of business.
HERMAN PREUSSE.
Herman Preusse, now living retired, was for many years the senior partner of the firm of Preusse & Zittel, architects of Spokane. He received most thorough professional training in Germany, his native country, and has contributed perhaps more largely to the upbuilding of Spokane in his line of business than any other one man, being today the oldest architect in the profession in this city.
He was born in Germany in 1847, a son of Carl Victor and Victoria Preusse. He was only three years of age when his father died and his mother afterward became the wife of Wilhelm Mehl, a leading architect, so that Mr. Preusse had excellent opportunity to begin preparation for his profession at a very early age. He was a lad of thirteen years when he went to Halle on the Saale river and in the famous institution of that city studied for three years, after which he returned home and had the practical experience of three years' service and instruction in his stepfather's office. He then resumed his studies in the noted college of archi- tecture at Holzminden and such was his standing that he was sent by the faculty of that institution to superintend the construction of the large Bessemer steel works in Osnabrück. After completing the work there he came to America, realizing that in this country, which was only sparsely settled comparatively and yet was enjoy- ing rapid growth, he would find better and broader opportunities than could be secured in the more thickly settled and older European countries. He arrived in New York in June, 1870, and at once made his way to Chicago, where he found employment in the North Chicago Rolling Mills, but shortly after the great fire of 1871 he was compelled to leave that city on account of ill health. He then visited the various western states and territories and finally settled in San Bernardino, California, where for some time he conducted a thriving business. He afterward lived in San Francisco for a time and subsequently established his home in Sterling, Kansas, whence he went to Kansas City, Missouri.
In 1882 Mr. Preusse came to Spokane, where he began the practice of his pro- fession and is today the oldest architect of this city in years of continuous connec- tion therewith. He has seen the development of Spokane from a population of one or two hundred to the leading city of the Inland Empire and one of the most promi-
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nent cities of the Pacific coast. Many of the imposing buildings which were de- stroyed by the fire of 1889 were designed by him and erected under his supervision. Since this he has made plans and specifications for a large number of the finest business blocks and residences and other buildings in this city and eastern Wash- ington. In 1893 he admitted J. A. Zittel to a partnership and they also em- ployed an assistant. Mr. Preusse has devoted the efforts of a lifetime to the study and practice of his chosen profession and as a natural result of such concentration he is in the front rank among the architects of the state. Economy, practicability, utility and beauty all enter into his work and whether following a unique style or building according to modern construction, comfort and convenience are always matters of consideration in his plans. As he has prospered in his undertakings he has made judicious investment in farm property, for agriculture and horticulture have always been matters of interest to him. He has owned four farms, each of which contained one hundred and sixty acres, and under his supervision these have been highly improved. This, however, has been but a side issue or interest in his life, for he has devoted himself almost entirely to the practice of his profession. Among some of the best known buildings which he has designed are the Auditorium block, the Jamieson block, Blalock building, Fernwell block, Granite building, Ziegler building, Victoria Hotel, Hotel Pacific and many other structures. He designed the first permanent buildings of Gonzaga College and the School of Science of Pullman. In fact, the starting of the latter institution was due entirely to his efforts.
Mr. Preusse has been twice married. While a resident of Sterling, Kansas, he wedded Miss Rosa Cole, a native of Pennsylvania, who died in Spokane, April 17, 1897, leaving four children, namely: Olga May and Florence Augusta, who were educated in an eastern university; Carl Victor; and Arnold Bismarck. Mr. Preusse believes in educating his children well and expects to give them every possible ad- vantage in that direction. On the 3d of October, 1910, he was married to Mrs. Emma (Keller) Wilke, a daughter of Dr. S. and Marie (Wingender) Keller, who came from Germany at an early age and settled in Wisconsin. Her father, how- ever, is now a retired physician of Spokane and her mother died nearly thirty years ago. Mrs. Preusse has two brothers, and one sister, who are numbered among the pioneers of this region. Socially Mr. Preusse is affiliated with the Knights of Pythias and the Elks and he is a public-spirited citizen who takes a commendable interest in every enterprise for the promotion of the general welfare but is especially in- terested in educational matters.
HON. WILLIAM M. RIDPATH.
The activities in which the Hon. William M. Ridpath has engaged have been of a varied character, but at all times the trend of his career has been upward and with each forward step he has had a broader outlook and wider opportunities. Today, as owner and proprietor of the Hotel Ridpath, he occupies a leading position in busi- ness circles of Spokane. His birth occurred in Putnam county, Indiana, October 14. 1845, his parents being Abraham and Sally (Matthews) Ridpath, both of whom were Virginians by birth. The father, who devoted his life to the occupation of farming, Vol. II-9
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passed away in the early '70s, having for a number of years survived his wife, who died when her son William was but twelve years of age. His brother was John Clark Ridpatb, the famous historian who died in the Presbyterian Hospital at New York, July 31, 1900.
The early educational opportunities which William M. Ridpath enjoyed were those offered by the district schools of Putnam county. He was not yet eighteen years of age when, on the 20th of June, 1863, he offered his services to the government, his patriotic nature having been aroused by continued attempt of the south to destroy the Union. He enlisted for six months as a member of Company H, One hundred and fifteenth Indiana Volunteer Infantry, but served for eight months and eight days, after which he was mustered out at Indianapolis. At once he reenlisted, becoming a member of Battery E, First Indiana Heavy Artillery, with which he served until July 26, 1865; when, the war having closed, he was honorably discharged at New Orleans. In the meantime he had become convinced of the necessity of further edu- cation as a foundation for success in life and upon his return to the north entered Asbury University at Greencastle, Indiana, from which he was graduated with the class of 1870. He then taught school but regarded this only as an initial step to other professional labor, for while thus engaged he took up the study of law and following a course of thorough preliminary reading was admitted to the bar at Brazil, Indiana, on the 1st of June, 1872. For about ten years, or until June, 1882, he continued in active practice in that place, and in the meantime also became recognized as one of the local leaders of the republican party, which in 1880 elected him to the state legislature as the representative of Clay, Putnam and Hendricks counties. He served as speaker of the house for the regular and special sessions of 1881 and proved 'himself a capable parliamentarian, discharging his duties unbiased by partisanship or personal prejudice. In May, 1882, he received from President Arthur appoint- ment to the position of Indian agent for the Yankton-Sioux Reservation on the Mis- souri river and at once entered upon his duties in the northwest, there continuing until the summer of 1885, when he resigned. Immediately afterward the department appointed him agent to the Quapaw Reservation in the Indian territory, where he remained until November, 1886, when removed by President Cleveland, because of his political views.
Col. Ridpath has been a resident of Spokane since March 17, 1888, and for twelve years was here engaged in the practice of law, having as his associates in partnership during that time the late Judge R. B. Blake, Judge H. E. Hoton and Judge J. W. Marshall. By Governor Miles C. Moore he was appointed prosecuting attorney and served for one month during territorial days and following the admission of the state into the Union was continued in office until January 1, 1891. His public ser- vice also included membership on the board of control under Governor Rogers. In politics he has ever been a stalwart republican, unswerving in his allegiance to the party because of a firm belief in the efficacy of its principles as factors in good gov- ernment. His unbending integrity of character, his fearlessness in the discharge of his duties and his appreciation of the rsponsibilities that have rested upon him have been such as to make him a most acceptable incumbent in the offices which he has filled, and his worth then as now was widely acknowledged.
In the meantime Col. Ridpath became interested in mining properties of the north- west as one of the principal owners and promoters of the famous Le Roy mine, of , which he remained treasurer until it was sold to the British syndicate. From time to
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time he has made extensive investments in real estate until now his property holdings are very large, and in 1899 he built the Hotel Ridpath, which is one of the best hotels of the city, remaining still its owner and proprietor.
On the 9th of February, 1875, while living in Indiana, Mr. Ridpath was married to Miss Sarah J. Cole, a daughter of Robert S. and Mary J. (Hutton) Cole, of Mount Pleasant, Iowa. Their three children are: Dr. Paul C. Ridpath, of Chicago; Mary, the wife of John D. Ankeny, of Walla Walla, Washington ; and Nellie, who makes her home in Chicago. Mr. Ridpath has never been a club man but maintains pleasant relations with his old army comrades through his membership in Reno Post, G. A. R., and is also in hearty sympathy with the principles and purposes of the Masonic fra- ternity, to which he belongs. His has been a notable career inasmuch as he has worked his way upward to a prominent position in business and financial circles and also by reason of the excellent service which he has rendered in public office. He is justly accorded a place among the prominent and representative citizens of Spokane, for he belongs to that class of men whose enterprising spirit is used not alone for their own benefit ; he also advances the general good and promotes public prosperity by his ably managed individual interests, thus placing this section of the country on a par with the older east.
ALBERT W. ANDERSON.
Albert W. Anderson, who for the past five years has represented Stevens county in the state senate, is one of the enterprising citizens of Chewelah, who despite the many demands made upon his time by his various personal and official responsi- bilities, it always able to give his cooperation and assistance in promoting any move- ment that will forward the development of the community. He was born in Gales- burg, Illinois, on the 17th of August, 1870, and is a son of Charles F. and Betsy (Lewis) Anderson. The father who is one of the pioneers of Washington is still living at the age of sixty-nine years, but the mother passed away in 1878.
The boyhood and youth of Albert W. Anderson were spent in the town of his birth, whose public schools he attended in the acquirement of an education until he was fourteen. Laying aside his text-books he began to make his own way in the world, and during the succeeding four years was employed in the shops of the Chicago, Burlington & Quincy Railroad Company, where he learned the painter's trade. He subsequently worked for a short time in both Peoria and Chicago, and then came to Washington, locating in Stevens county in 1889. He took up a home- stead west of Addy, and later, after three years' travel through California and Washington, he settled at Addy, Washington, where he worked in a general mercan- tile store until 1902, when he erected a sawmill that he operated for four years. Dis- posing of his property at the expiration of that period he organized the Addy Mer- cantile Company, which enterprise he most successfully conducted until May, 1911, when he became associated with others in founding the Bank of Chewelah. Al- though he is still president of the Addy Mercantile Company, and a member of its board of directors, the greater part of Mr. Anderson's time is devoted to the dis- charge of his responsibilities as cashier of the bank, of which institution he is also a director. He is recognized to be one of the most capable business men of the
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county, possessing the powers of organization and executive ability that enable him to carry to a successful issue anything he undertakes.
Mr. Anderson was married on the 22d of June, 1902, to Miss Frances Plowman, a daughter of Henry and Etta Plowman, of Addy, Washington. Her parents were among the early settlers of Minnesota, the father having been a member of the legislature of that state for about twelve years. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Anderson there have been born two children: Dorothy and Paul.
Mr. Anderson has taken the degrees of the blue lodge of the Masonic frater- nity and he also belongs to the Odd Fellows and the Woodmen of the World. In polities he is a republican and has served his municipality and county in various public capacities, having been called to the state senate, in 1906, and reelected in 1910. Mr. Anderson has always been one of the enthusiastic promoters of the state and its utilities, and together with Senator Meyers introduced a bill in the senate in 1909, asking for an appropriation from the state of fifty thousand dol- lars for the improvement of the Columbia river between Bridgeport and Kettle Falls. This was conceded and Mr. Anderson was appointed chairman of the com- mission appointed by the governor to take charge of the work. They bought and fitted up the steamer Yakima, beginning operations in November of that. year. Their efforts resulted in such valuable and permanent improvements that their work was indorsed by the Spokane Chamber of Commerce, through whose influ- ence another appropriation of one hundred thousand was obtained from the federal government for further work. An enthusiastic member of the Chewelah Commer- cial Club, Mr. Anderson has always been one of the active and energetic citizens whose personal interests have at all times been identical with those of the commu- nity, in promoting the advancement of which he has been a tireless and constant worker.
HARRY L. COHN.
Although one of the more recent additions to the Spokane bar Harry L. Cohn has already proven his right to rank with those men whose comprehensive under- standing of the law and correct application of its principles entitle them to ad- vancement and success in this field. He was born in Palmyra, Missouri, December 26, 1874. His father, Morris L. Cohn, was a native of Germany and became well known in educational circles as a member of the faculty of the University of Ber- lin. In commercial circles he was also known through his active connection with merchandising. It was subsequent to his arrival in the new world that he wedded Bertha Marks, who was born in Germany and is now living in Omaha, at the age of sixty-five years. She represents one of the old families of Chicago, her father having been one of the pioneer merchants of that city. Two branches of the busi- ness which he established are still to be found there. The death of Morris L. Cohn occurred in 1893. Unto him and his wife were born four sons and three daughters: Harry L .; J. P., who is the owner of the baseball team at Spokane; L. M., a mer- chant of Omaha, Nebraska; A. B., a traveling salesman living in San Francisco; Anna, who is the widow of P. H. Stepp and makes her home in Kansas City, Mis-
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souri ; Jean, the wife of Fred M. Raymond, a wholesale fruit dealer of North Yakima; and Rae, who married Carl Furth, a merchant of Omaha.
The removal of his father's family from his native town of Palmyra, Missouri, to Clifton, Kansas, enabled Harry L. Cohn to pursue his education in the schools of the latter place and his preparation for the bar was made as a student in the law office and under the direction of Judge Nathan V. Harlan, of York, Nebraska. Thorough preliminary training qualified him for admission to the bar of Nebraska in the spring of 1896. He located for practice in Lake City, Colorado, where for two years he filled the office of assistant district attorney. In 1899, however, he re- turned to Nebraska and settled at Omaha, where he formed a law partnership with his former preceptor, Judge Harlan, there continuing in practice until 1904, when he received appointment to the position of first assistant district attorney for the third division of Alaska. He continued in that position for two years and a half and during the last year of the time filled the office of district attorney ex officio, owing to the illness of Judge Harlan. Mr. Cohn has been numbered among the practitioners of Spokane since the fall of 1907, when he entered into partnership relations with Harry Rosenhaupt and Bruce Blake, under the firm name of Cohn, Rosenhaupt & Blake. The third member of the firm withdrew the first year but the relationship with Mr. Rosenhaupt still maintains. Mr. Cohn continued in the general practice of law, preparing his cases with care and precision and presenting his cause before the courts in a clear and forceful manner. His success is the best evidence of his ability and the large clientage accorded him is indicative of the fact that he has won a creditable position as a representative of the Spokane bar.
On the 30th of April, 1906, at Omaha, Mr. Cohn was married to Miss Ella Rosenfeld, a daughter of Jacob Rosenfeld, who was a merchant of Council Bluffs, Iowa. The family is of Roumanian descent and was established in Iowa in pio- neer times. Mr. and Mrs. Cohn have one daughter, Helen L. Mr. Cohn holds membership in the Progress Club and in Masonry has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, holding membership in Oriental Consistory, S. P. R. S., and also in El Katif Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S. He votes with the republican party and has neither the time nor inclination for office holding, preferring to concentrate his energies upon his growing law practice.
THEO HALL.
In a state in which the women exercise the right of franchise on the same level and with the same qualifications as those governing their brothers at the polls, one is by no means surprised to find as a natural accompaniment to their recently won rights that they are also enjoying the privilege of holding public office. In a few isolated cases, however, women have held positions of trust as servants of the com- monwealth years before they won their final victory in securing the ballot, and of this number Miss Theo Hall, the present incumbent of the office of postmaster of Medical Lake, Washington, is a representative.
A native of Albany, Wisconsin, she is a daughter of Dr. John C. and Theodate (Stackpole) Hall. Her father, who was a man of considerable note in his day,
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was born at Langdon, New Hampshire, May 21, 1821, and was a direct descendant of Peregrine White, distinguished for having first beheld the light of day on the voyage of the Mayflower. Dr. Hall's parents removed to Maine when he was a young boy and in the common schools of that state he obtained his early education, later attending Yarmouth Academy and Westbrook Seminary. In 1852 he was graduated from the medical department of Harvard University with the degree of M. D., and immediately after his marriage in the same year he took his bride to their new home in the west, settling at Monroe, Wisconsin, where he began to practice medicine. During the Civil war he entered the ranks of the Union army with the Sixth Wisconsin Volunteers, occupying the position of assistant surgeon. He served three years during which time he was advanced in recognition of the faithful perform- ance of his duties and his invaluable service on the battlefield and in hospital wards. Before the close of the war he was surgeon-in-chief of the famous old Iron Brigade and served until the end, when he returned to Wisconsin and resumed the practice of his profession. Ever conscientious in his recognition of the responsibilities of citi- zenship he was elected to the state legislature as senator from his district, acting in this capacity from 1870 until 1872 and for a number of years was president of the examining board for pensions at Madison, Wisconsin. In 1892 he brought has family west, making his home in Medical Lake, Washington, where he was ap- pointed to the examining board for pensions, being associated in his duties with Dr. Olmstead and Dr. Luhn. After a life unselfishly devoted to the cause of humanity, alleviating the sick and diminishing suffering, Dr. Hall passed away at his home in Medical Lake, November 29, 1896, at the age of seventy-five years.
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