History of the city of Spokane and Spokane County, Washington : from its earliest settlement to the present time, Volume III, Part 18

Author: Durham, Nelson Wayne, 1859-1938
Publication date: 1912
Publisher: Chicago : S.J. Clarke Pub. Co.
Number of Pages: 778


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FRANK BANNON LYNOTT. D. D. S.


Dr. Frank Bannon Lynott is one of the more recent acquisitions to the dental profession of Spokane, where he is meeting with excellent success. He was born in Louisiana, Missouri. October 17. 1882, and is a son of N. J. and Catherine (Ban- non) Lynott, both of whom are deceased. the father having passed away in 1884 and the mother in 1889.


Left an orphan at the age of seven years in the acquirement of his education Frank Bannon Lynott first attended the public schools of his native state. After


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the completion of his preliminary education he decided to adopt the profession of dentistry. He matriculated in the dental department of the Washington University of St. Louis. being graduated from this institution with the degree of D. D. S. with the elass of 1904. As soon as he was licensed to praetiee he opened an office in St. Louis that he maintained for two years. At the expiration of that period he decided to come to the northwest, believing that he would here find better oppor- tunities as the competition was less keen and the country was rapidly inereasing in population. He has an office in the Peyton building and during the five years of his location here has succeeded in building up a very good practice. Dr. Lynott is a most efficient representative of his profession and is held in high regard not only by those who have sought his services but among his fellow practitioners.


At Denver, Colorado, on the 19th of October, 1910, Dr. Lynott was united in marriage to Miss Bernice Tinsley, a daughter of T. L. and Betty Tinsley.


Dr. Lynott is a member of the Inland Club and he also belongs to the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club. while he maintains relations with his professional brethren through the medium of his connection with the National Dental Association and the Washington State. Spokane County and Spokane Dental Societies. He is well known and highly esteemed among the members of the three latter organizations, having served as secretary and treasurer of the state society and as president. secretary and treasurer of the Spokane society. Such official connection with or- ganizations of the size and importance of these is rather unusual for a young man of his age, as he has but recently passed the twenty-ninth anniversary of his birth. Dr. Lynott is meeting with more than average sueeess in his profession and his many friends prophesy for him a brilliant future.


LOREN L. RAND.


Loren L. Rand, an architeet who has followed his profession in Spokane since 1888, was born in Amesbury, Massachusetts, in December, 1851. a son of William H. and Mary Ann Bartlet (Long) Rand. The father was for many years engaged in earriage manufacturing at Amesbury, where he still makes his home. At the usual age the son began his education as a pupil in the publie sehools there and later supplemented his early opportunities by a course of study in the Massachusetts Institute of Technology at Boston. He entered upon the practical phases of his professional career in Grand Rapids, Michigan, where he opened an architects' office, remaining there until he removed to Minneapolis, whence he came to Spo- kane in 1888 and has been one of the leading architects of the eity throughout all the intervening years. Among some of the earlier residences which he designed were those of Judge Nash, E. L. Powell, H. F. Belt and S. Heath. He designed the first four-story building ereeted in Spokane after the fire, known as the Tidbal bloek, and some of the more recent business buildings which stand as monuments to his skill and ability are the Riverside avenue and the Main street additions to the Creseent store. all of the buildings for the Spokane Dry Goods Realty Com- pany, the Marble bank building, now occupied by the Union Trust & Savings Bank, and others. He has also erected twelve or fifteen school buildings, including the new Lewis and Clarke high school. which has but recently been completed and


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which is the finest school building in the northwest; also the Roosevelt, Long- fellow, Stevens, Cooper, New Franklin, Audubon, Frances Willard, Hayes Park, Adams and Jefferson school buildings. He was the architect and builder of the Hawthorne, Mckinley and Logan schools. He likewise designed the First Presby- terian church, which has been built only a few years and which is perhaps the finest in the Inland Empire. He has been the architeet and builder of a number of hotels and other prominent structures and his designs always have the feature of utility and comfort combined with the artistie.


On the 25th of September. 1876, Mr. Rand was united in marriage to Miss Luanna O. Rice, a daughter of Stanford Riee, of North Adams, Massachusetts. They had three children: Morris W., who is associated with his father in his pro- fession ; Lena May. the wife of S. E. Cardiff. of Spokane; and Ethel Belle, who died at the age of ten years. The family reside at No. 2529 Maxwell street. Mr. Rand belongs to Oriental Lodge. No. 74, F. & A. M., and has attained the thirty- second degree of the Scottish Rite in Oriental Consistory, No. 2, and is a char- ter member of El Katif Temple of the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine. He is a past president of the Sons of the American Revolution and he has reason to be proud of a patriotie ancestry, his father being a descendant of the old Wentworth family of New England, while his mother was descended from Josiah Bartlet, who was one of the signers of the Declaration of Independence. In his own career he has made a ereditable record. He entered a profession in which only merit and ability win advancement and his thorough preliminary training and long experience have quali- fied him for important duties in this direction.


CHARLES MARVIN- FASSETT.


Charles Marvin Fassett is now eity commissioner of Spokane, where he has also figured prominently sinee 1889 as an assayer and chemist. His ability in that direc- tion has brought him wide renown and his activities in that line have extended as far as Korea. New York elaims him as a native son, his birth having occurred at Elmira. December 23. 1858, his parents being Samuel Montague and Ruth Clara (Marvin) Fassett. The grandfather, Philo Fassett, settled in northern Pennsyl- vania when that district was an almost unbroken wilderness. In early manhood Samuel M. Fassett followed the occupation of farming but afterward removed to Elmira, New York, and about 1886 became a resident of California, where he en- gaged extensively in orange growing. Subsequently he removed to Nevada, where he condueted lumber and banking interests. He is now living retired. although he is still financially connected with lumber and banking activities. He is a well pre- served man although he has passed the cighty-fourth milestone on life's journey. His wife passed away in March. 1911. The only daughter of the family is Mrs. Julia Bender, the wife of Charles T. Bender, for years cashier of the Washoe County Bank of Reno, Nevada.


The only son. Charles Marvin Fassett, was edueated in the public schools of Elmira, New York, and made his initial step in business in connection with a retail drug store. By progressive and logical steps he advanced until his broadening in- terests led him to take up the study of mining and chemistry in the mining camps Vol 111-9


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of Nevada in 1879. He perfected himself along those lines, added to his know- ledge by practical experience and in 1887 opened the Commereial Chemieal Lab- oratories of Reno. In 1889, just after the great fire. he eame to Spokane and or- ganized the C. M. Fassett Company, assayers and chemists. Their business also ineluded metallurgieal designing and the construction of machinery for the extrae- tion of ore. In this field Mr. Fassett has sinee been recognized as one of the leaders in the northwest and his reputation, extending far and near. has led to his being called into many fields for service along those lines. In 1900 he built the first cyanide gold mill in Korea. It is situated near the Manchurian frontier and was the first ever erected in Asia. In his partieular line of business Mr. Fassett has thoroughly eovered the field, gaining comprehensive knowledge of everything bear- ing upon his chosen life work, and to broad scientifie knowledge he adds most thorough praetieal training and experience.


In San Francisco, on the Ist of January, 1884, Mr. Fassett was married to Miss Edith May Benham, a daughter of Isaac T. and Melina C. (Roe) Benham. Her father was one of the early contraetors and builders of Spokane. Unto Mr. and Mrs. Fassett have been born a son and daughter. Lewis Montague, who died in Spokane. in 1906, at the age of twenty-two years, was very prominent in school athleties, having been manager of the various football and other athletie teams of the high school. He was, moreover, popular because of his genuine personal worth and a bronze tablet has been ereeted to him in the gymnasium of the high school. The daughter, Katherine M., is with her parents in their attractive home at No. 120 Coeur d'Alene avenue. Mr. Fassett belongs to the Inland Club and to the Spokane Amateur Athletic Club. Aside from his business he is perhaps most widely known because of his activity and valuable service along political lines. He has always been a stalwart republiean and in 1885 was a member of the Nevada state legislature. In Spokane he has served as a member of the school board for three years and of the library board for two years. He was also president of the Cham- ber of Commerce for one year and was elected city commissioner under the new form of government in the spring of 1911. He accepted this position at a great sacrifice to his personal interests but felt that it was his duty as a citizen to faithfully per- form the tasks to which public demand had called him. He has ever recognized the obligations as well as the privileges of citizenship, but while he prefers a quiet place in the background to the glamour of publicity his ability in achieving results has made his eooperation sought and has brought him into prominenee from which he would naturally shrink were less desirable ends in view. The seope of his in- fluence has reached far beyond his special field of labor and yet he stands as one of the most prominent representatives in the field of his ehosen life work.


CHIARLES P. LUND.


Charles P. Lund. a member of the Spokane bar and also well known in business circles, having voiec in the management of several important corporate interests. was born at Fargo, North Dakota. March 17, 1876. His father. Olof Lund, a na- tive of Sweden, came to Spokane as a young man and is now living retired in this eity. His wife. Mrs. Elna Lund, was born in the same country and they became


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the parents of two sons and four daughters: Charles P .: Peter. living in British Columbia, where he is engaged in the lumber business; Matilda, the wife of D. L. Nelson, a merchant of Helena. Montana: Emma, the widow of F. S. Jewett, who makes her home in Calgary, Canada; Sarah. the wife of W. L. Darling, who is engaged in the real-estate business in New Westminster, British Columbia; and Ellen, the wife of Harold Darling, secretary of the Lund Land & Development Company of Cranbrook, British Columbia.


Rrared under the parental roof, Charles P. Lund supplemented his preliminary education by study in the University of Michigan, winning his Bachelor of Arts degree upon graduation with the class of 1896. Spokane has practically been his home since 1889, as the only break in his continuous residence came when he pur- sned his university course. He entered upon the practice of law here in 1896 and some years later formed a partnership with 1. R. Hamblen. Subsequently the firm style of Stern, Hamblen & Lund was assumed and afterward that of Hamblen. Lund & Gilbert. In January. 1909. Mr. Lund withdrew from the partnership and has since continned in practice alone. His ability is widely recognized. for he is able to base his arguments upon the thorough knowledge of and familiarity with precedents and to present a case upon its merits. never failing to recognize the main point at issue and never neglecting to give a thorough preparation. His pleas have been characterized by a terse and decisive logic and a lucid presentation rather than by flights of oratory. and his power is the greater before court or jury from the fact that it is recognized that his aim is ever to secure justice and not to en- shroud the cause in a sentimental garb or illusion which will thwart the principle's of right and equity involved.


Mr. Lund's activities also extend to the Security National Bank at Cheney. Washington, of which he is a director, and he is likewise a director of the Wash- ington Brick. Lime & Sewer Pipe Company.


Mr. Lund was married in Spokane in 1902, to Miss Anna Porter Ewart, a daughter of Robert Ewart. who is now living at Hoquaim, Washington, where he is engaged in the lumber business. He is one of the pioneer residents of the coun- try and is a son of Captain Ewart, now postmaster at Colfax, Washington. The mother of Mrs. Lund also represents one of the prominent old families of the state. her father, John C. Davenport, having been closely and actively identified with the growth of the western country. Mr. and Mrs. Lund have two children: Rosalie Alaine, nine years of age; and Robert Ewart. four years of age. The parents have many friends in Spokane and with the public interests of the city Mr. Lund has heen closely associated. his aid and influence being ever a factor for general prog- ress and improvement. The cause of education finds in him a warm friend and he is now serving as trustee of the Cheney Normal School at Cheney. Washington. He was first appointed to this position in 1901 and has served continuonsly save for a period of two years. His political allegiance is given to the republican party and he has always taken an active interest in polities, having at different times been a delegate to city. county and state conventions. He has served as a delegate to all state conventions since 1902 and from time to time has been a member of the county central committee and also of the city central committee. His labors are of a practical character and arise from a firm belief in the efficacy of republican prin- ciples as factors for good government. Those who know Mr. Lund find him social. genial and affable and under all circumstances he is thoroughly dependable. He


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belongs to Imperial Lodge, I. O. O. F. at Spokane, the Spokane Lodge, No. 228, of Elks, the Spokane Club, the University Club, Spokane Athletic Club and the Chamber of Commerce. His interests are wide and varied and he looks at life from a broad standpoint, keeping in touch with the advanced thought of the day and laboring effectively and earnestly for public progress, his efforts combining high ideals with practical service.


EDWIN WHEELER HAND.


Edwin Wheeler Hand has held many positions of public trust and has been an active leader in republican ranks. He is now enjoying a lucrative practice as a prominent Spokane attorney, confining his attention largely to civil law along the lines of mechanics' liens, land titles, etc. His life has been imbued with the enter- prising spirit which was the factor of progress in the middle west and which is now contributing so largely to the upbuilding of the Pacific coast country. His birth occurred in Columbia county, Wisconsin, May 23, 1859. His father, Jesse F. Hand. was born in Columbia county, New York, and was of English lineage, representing a family that was founded in Connecticut in the early part of the eighteenth century, so that from colonial days down to the present, members of the Hand family have been numbered among American citizens. Following his removal from the Empire state Jesse F. Hand became a resident of Columbia county, Wisconsin, and while he devoted his time and energies to agricultural pursuits, he was also a prominent and influential factor in public affairs and represented his county in the state legis- lature in 1865. For thirty years he was a postmaster in Columbia county and after- ward filled the same position at Phillips, Wisconsin. for four years. He was deeply in sympathy with the Union cause at the time of the Civil war, served as recruit- ing officer in his county and largely recruited the Tenth Wisconsin Regiment. His last days were spent as a resident of Spokane, where he passed away in 1899. In early manhood he had wedded Mary Wheeler, who was born in Cuyahoga county, Ohio, and died in Wisconsin in 1892. Her father was a dis- tinguished attorney and at one time served as lieutenant governor of his state. Mrs. Hand was a descendant of the well known Harper family, famous in con- nection with the border wars. Her ancestors landed in Connecticut early in the eighteenth century on coming from England to the new world, and both the Harper and Wheeler families were represented in the Continental army in the struggle for independence. Among the sons of the family of Mr. and Mrs. Jesse F. Hand, Willis is an attorney of Kearney, Nebraska; George, who was corporal of Company D'of the Tenth Wisconsin Infantry and was captured at the battle of Chickamauga, was incarcerated in a Confederate prison in Virginia and afterward at Andersonville, where he died in 1865; Harper died in Wisconsin, and Elias died in infancy. The danghters of the family are: Antoinette, the deceased wife of T. H. Hatch, of Wisconsin; Martha, the wife of Frank B. Gould, of Reward, Cali- fornia ; Alice M., the wife of William S. Hatton, a farmer and fruit raiser of Grand Valley, Colorado ; and Isabelle, the wife of Cicero Bishop, of Reward, California.


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was graduated in 1887. In the meantime he had engaged in educational work. teaching school for three terms, and just before he attained his majority he en- tered the offiec of registrar of deeds, in which he continued for one year. During the succeeding year he was a pupil in the Oshkosh (Wis.) Normal School and after- ward went to Phillips, Wiseonsin, where he formed a partnership with his brother Willis for the conduct of real-estate and insurance business. There he remained until 1890 and then entered upon the practice of law. being admitted before the Price county eireuit court and subsequently by the supreme court of Wisconsin. He continued a member of the bar of his native state until September. 1894, when he went to Wallace, Idaho. There he practiced until April. 1897, when he came to Spokane. He was alone for a time but subsequently formed a partnership with Charles A. Fleming, now city elerk, under the firm name of Hand & Fleming. He afterward joined E. W. Taylor and John W. Graves in a partnership relation under the firm style of Hand. Taylor & Graves. After a year this was dissolved and Mr. Hand was again alone but was afterward associated with E. O. Connor under the firm name of Connor & Hand. They were together for two years, after which Mr. Hand was again alone for a year. at the end of which time he became associated with Benson Wright in a partnership that was maintained for three years. He has since practiced independently in the field of general law. although giving especial attention to mechanies' liens, land titles and similar law work. He has conducted important mining litigation in Idaho and has had some eriminal practice in Wallace and at the present writing has been retained in connection with mining litigation in Shoshone county. Idaho.


While residing in Phillips, Wisconsin, Mr. Hand served for one term as city attorney and afterward at Wallace, Idaho, served in the same office, and resigned preparatory to his removal to Spokane. He was also a member of the city council of Spokane for a term of two years and in 1902-3 was president of the council, in which connection he exercised his official prerogatives in support of various pro- gressive municipal measures. He is an insurgent republican, standing for principle but not for partisanship when it works to the detriment of the majority and for the benefit of a few machine leaders. In early life he was quite active in politieal circles and served on different committees. In Wallace, Idaho, he was chairman of the republican county convention three times, serving in 1896. the year in which Bryan was the silver candidate. Ile has also served as a delegate to the county nominating conventions and has ever labored to promote the interests of his party in as far as he has believed that it would subserve the interests and welfare of the general public.


On the 5th of July, 1897. at Fond dn Lae. Wisconsin, Mr. Hand was united in marriage to Miss Lola A. Willis, a daughter of James R. and Emma R. Willis, and unto them was born, August 24, 1898, a daughter who is now in school. On the 23d of May, 1907, in Spokane, Mr. Hand wedded Miss Alma L. Tischer, a daugh- ter of Herman and Louise Tischer. Her father, now deceased, was a painter and musician and served as a soldier in an Iowa regiment during the Civil war.


Fraternally Mr. Hand is a Mason, holding membership with Spokane Lodge. No. 34. He joined the order in the lodge at Phillips, Wisconsin, and served as its junior and senior deacon. He also holds membership with the Order of the Eastern Star, is a charter member of Excelsior Camp. No. 51. M. W. A., held the office of secretary for three years, was venerable counsel one year and was trustee for several


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years. He is a member of Moose Lodge. No. 161, and is an active and helpful worker in the Bethel Presbyterian church, in which for five years he has served as an elder. Following his removal to Spokane there has come to him the recognition which always meets personal worth and ability. He has gained a good clientage and has come to be known as a publie-spirited and progressive eitizen whose aid has featured prominently in support of various worthy public projects.


HARRY C. HAYWARD.


Harry C. Hayward is a name to conjure with in Spokane. The fact that he advocates any measure or movement is sure to win for it a large following, such is his personal popularity and the confidence reposed in his judgment. He is never too busy to be cordial and never too cordial to be busy. As a theatrical manager he has ministered constantly to the pleasure and happiness of others and at the same time he has played well his part on the stage of life. He claims London, England, as the place of his nativity. his birth having there occurred January 3, 1853. His parents were Harry Oxford and Emma ( Lee) Hayward, the former an officer of the British army. That the son came naturally by his interest in theatrical affairs is indicated in the fact that his mother was an actress. But when a young lad he was left an orphan and the direction of his life devolved upon himself.


. His education was acquired in the schools of the city of London, where he at- tended the Blue Coat School. He was but thirteen years of age when he began to varn his living as call boy at the Queen's theater in London and later he went to the Eagle theater to play pantomime and sprite parts. He was afterward connected with the Marylebone and when seventeen years of age he determined to go to Australia. When about to sail, however, be changed his plans and came instead to America, making his way to Philadelphia, where he engaged to play comedy roles in the Chestnut street theater. Ambitions to receive the direet returns of his own labor, he shortly afterward organized a company which he took upon the road as far as Texas. He then returned to New York and afterward sailed for the West Indies and Brazil as ticket agent with a circus. Following his return to America he once more went upon the road with a company, but the venture proved unsuccess- ful financially and in Nevada the company disbanded. Gradually he made his way upward to Walla Walla and in 1881 came to Spokane to accept the position of first chief clerk of the engineering department of the Northern Pacific Railroad in this city, opening the first railroad office here. Ever appreciative of opportunities and readily recognizing such, he has constantly enlarged the scope of his activities by the improvement of advantages which others might not have utilized but passed heedlessly by. He had been connected with the railway interests of Spokane for a year when he opened the first gun and ammunition store of the city, building up a flourishing business, from which he turned, however, to again enter the theatrical field as manager of a playhouse as soon as there was a sufficient population in Spokane to support it.




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