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On March 18, 1874, Mr. Carter was married in Quincy, Illinois, to Miss Mary E. Shepherd, of Indiana, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James Shepherd. To their union four children have been born: Graee, who is married to George L. Corner of Colfax, and has one daughter; Edgar, who is living in Idaho; Hattie, who is the wife of D. V. Emmons of Colfax and the mother of one son; and Arthur, a resident of Idaho.
Mr. Carter gives his political allegiance to the republican party and is con- versant with the leading issues of the day. In the offices to which that party has eleeted him he has won the confidence and regard of his fellow voters. In relig- ious faith he is a Methodist, and in the church of that denomination he is serving as district steward. He also holds membership in the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. As one of the prominent officials of Whitman county he justly deserves mention in this volume for he has always been interested in and an earnest advo- cate of everything that pertains to public advancement and development.
FRANK JOSEPH MAHONEY
For over a quarter of a century Frank Joseph Mahoney has been identified with the commercial interests of Whitman county and is now actively engaged in the real-estate and seed business. He was born in Dodge county, Wisconsin, September 13, 1866, the son of David and Ellen ( Barrett) Mahoney, both of whom were natives of Massachusetts.
The early education of Mr. Mahoney was acquired in the publie schools of Wisconsin, which he attended until 1878. when his mother moved to Iowa. In that state be pursued a course in the high school. after which, in 1884. he began learning the carpenter's trade. In 1886, having become interested in the prosper- ity of the great northwest, he journeyed to Washington and settled at Colfax, Whitman county, where he continued working at his trade until 1890. In that
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year he removed to Tekoa and worked at his trade until 1891, when he rented two hundred acres of land adjoining the town site and engaged in the dairy busi- ness in partnership with Peter Brown under the firm name of Mahoney & Brown. This business he continued until 1893, when he sold out his interest therein and entered the grocery and bakery business in partnership with Charles H. James, the firm name being James & Mahoney. The business was continued in partner- ship for a time, when Mr. Mahoney bought the interest of his partner and con- tinued the enterprise independently until the spring of 1895, when he sold out and engaged in the real-estate business, a line in which he has since continued. Since he has been engaged in the real-estate business Mr. Mahoney has been par- ticularly active in connection with the civic affairs of Tekoa. In 1896. in company with his brother. E. W. Mahoney. he purchased the Tekoa Lighting Plant and ran it under the name of the Mahoney Light & Power Company until 1907, when be sold their interests. In that year he laid out two city subdivisions, one known as the F. J. Mahoney sub-division of Lombard's addition to Tekon, and the other, the Mahoney-Lich addition. In 1910 he founded the Cecil Vincent Seed Com- pany, of which he is still the proprietor. He is a stockholder in the Citizens State Bank and holds membership in the Spokane Chamber of Commerce.
On January 11. 1907. in Modale, Iowa, Mr. Mahoney was married to Miss Mayme H. Kirlin, a daughter of Michael and Mary (Donohue) Kirlin, both na- tives of Ireland. Mr. and Mrs. Mahoney are the parents of five children, Creil Vincent. Hilma Lucille, Mildred Veronica. Marian Raymonda and Mary Virginia.
The political allegiance of Mr. Mahoney is given to the democratic party and he has served as eity clerk and councilman of Tekoa. Fraternally he belongs to the Knights of Columbus and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He is a member of the Catholic church, in which he is also a trustee. His protracted rest- dence in Whitman county, together with his active business carer and his uniformly honorable and able methods have long since made him one of the leading business men and promoters of Tekon and given him a wide acquaintance throughout the county. He belongs to that progressive class who are contributing largely by brain and brawn to advance still further the already large business and commer- cial interests of the northwest, and his faith in this great section is not restricted by metes and bounds. His prosperous business life has been the result of his own well directed efforts along those lines of industry. economy and prudence which characterize the able business men of this age. He is indeed a valuable citizen and commands the confidence and respect of the community at large.
WILLIAM ANSON INMAN.
William Anson Inman, for thirty-two years a resident of Colfax, where he has been prominently identified with the practice of law and the city's judiciary de- partment. was born in Alabama on the 22d of January, 1843. His parents were William Ritchie and Minerva ( Kellogg) Inman, both natives of Tennessee, but the paternal line is of Scotch extraction. The father's mother's family, the Ritchies, and also the Inmans, trace their descent back to the early colonial days.
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William Anson Inman accompanied his parents on their removal in 1848 from his native state to Indiana, the schools of which he attended until 1856. Owing to the death of his parents he then went to Missouri to make his home with an older sister, continning his education in the schools of Springfield, that state, until 1859. Laying aside his text-books he then entered a printing office to learn the trade, but withdrew from this in 1861 to go to the war. He enlisted on the 19th of December in Company H, Phelps Missouri Infantry, and went to the front, being' discharged in May, 1862. On July 4 of that year he reenlisted in the Eighth Missouri Volunteer Cavalry, serving until October, 1864. During that time he was promoted from second lieutenant to first lieutenant and captain, being in command of his company during the last eighteen months of his service.
In February, 1865, he went to Arkansas to become superintendent of the Freed- men's Bureau, in which capacity he served until August, 1868. He was subse- qnently appointed prosecuting attorney of the district of Jonesboro, holding this office until December, 1868, when he was appointed prosecuting attorney of the third judicial district at Batesville, Arkansas, serving until February, 1875. In July of that year Mr. Inman located in Seattle, Washington, and there engaged in the practice of law until February, 1877, when he removed to Port Townsend, where he became associated with Charles M. Bradshaw, under the firm name of Bradshaw & Inman, with whom he practiced until November. 1879. On the 6th of December of that year he arrived in Colfax, and here established an office that he has ever since maintained, being one of the oldest practicing attorneys in the city.
Mr. Inman has been married twice, his first union having been with Miss Han- nah A. Crosson of Illinois, the ceremony being performed in Arkansas on the 17th of April, 1865. Mrs. Inman, who passed away in January, 1900, was a danghter of G. B. and Rebecca (Buchanan) Crosson, the father a native of Ohio and the mother of Illinois. Four children were born to Mr. and Mrs. Inman: Maggie, who married H. C. Blair, of Spokane, Washington; William C., who is a resident of Seattle; Roy C., who is living in Portland; and Frank K., a resident of Spokane. In March, 1901, Mr. Inman was again married, his union being with Mrs. M. M. (McClellan) Donnelly, of Ohio.
Politically Mr. Inman is a republican. He has held several public offices dur- ing the long period of his residence in Colfax, having been probate judge from 1880 to 1882, while in 1889 he was reappointed to the same office, which he held for two years, being the last probate judge of the county. In 1898 he was made proseenting attorney, being connected with this office until 1901. while he has been United States commissioner since 1886. He has also held the offices of city clerk, school director and school elerk, his public duties cver having been discharged with a rare sense of conscientions obligation. Mr. Inman is prominently identified with a large number of fraternal orders, his oldest connection being with the Independ- ent Order of Odd Fellows, which he joined in 1869. his membership being in Lodge, No. 4. 1. O. O. F., Batesville, Arkansas. He also belongs to Colfax Lodge, No. 73, United Artisans, in which he has been an officer since its organization, while he has been an officer of Colfax Lodge. No. 14, Ancient Order of United Workmen, since 1881, and is a past grand master workman. The Loyal Order of Moose, Colfax Lodge, No. 691, also claims him as a member. He has always been one of the prominent G. A. R. men of the town, being identified with Nathaniel Lyon Post,
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No. 19, of which he was once an officer, and he is now a member of the council of administration of this organization for the state of Washington.
Both Mr. and Mrs. Inman are active members of the Congregational church. of which the former at the present time serves as clerk. Mr. Inman has been the in terested observer of many changes in the town during the long period of his resi dence here, as well as a prominent factor in the promotion of its development.
JOHN CALVIN NORTHRUP.
John Calvin Northrup, who engages in the real-estate business and is also extensively interested in mines in this vicinity, has been a resident of Palouse for more than twenty-two years, during which period he has been identified with various local enterprises. He was born in Grand Rapids, Michigan, on the 23d of December, 1855, and is a son of John W. and Phoche (Pine) Northrup. the father a native of Georgia and the mother of Canada. In the paternal line, John Calvin Northrup is descended from a long line of colonial ancestors, his family having come to this country as passengers on the Mayflower. His parents re- moved from their Michigan home to Walla Walla, Washington, in 1860, crossing the plains with a wagon and ox-teams, and spending six months en route. They resided in this state for eleven years, but at the expiration of that period, in 1871, they went to Idaho. There the father acquired some land in the vicinity of Mos- cow, and turned his attention to agricultural pursuits with a goodly measure of success.
John Calvin Northrup, who was only a lad of five years when his people came to Washington and a youth of sixteen when they removed to Idaho, began his education in the public schools of the former state and continued the same in those of Idaho. He later supplemented his general learning by a business course, paying for his tuition by doing farm work. As is common in the country, he began assisting with the work of the ranch while still a young lad. his duties in- creasing as his strength developed. In 1871 he became associated with his father in agricultural pursuits, this connection continuing until he attained his majority. He then homesteaded one hundred and sixty acres of land and began ranching on his own account. When his efforts in this direction became remunerative, he in 1878 extended his activities by engaging in the lumber business in the vicinity of Moscow. During the succeeding eleven years he conducted his lumber business and operated his ranch. He was one of the pioneers in Latah county and had the distinction of assisting in the erection of the first residence in Moscow. In the spring of 1889 he removed to Palonse to assume the management of a sawmill in which he owned an interest. The following year he engaged in the livery business, but sold out in 1892 in order to devote more of his time and attention to the real- estate business he had opened in 189t. In its development he has met with she- cess, and he is handling a fine line of property and has acquired valuable land. Beside engaging in the real-estate market he has invested quite extensively in min- ing property and owns stock in claims that he has every reason to feel assured. will ultimately pay large dividends.
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In Moseow, Idaho, on Christmas day, 1878, Mr. Northrup was united in mar- riage to Miss Flora Ashby, of Oregon, a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. George B. Ashby, both natives of Missouri. Four children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Northrup, as follows: Jesse C., who has passed away leaving one son; Zoe, the wife of H. C. Johnson, of Republic, Washington; Ernest R., of Palouse, who has a son and a daughter; and Nellie W., who is still at home.
Mr. Northrup is a deaeon in the Christian church, in which his wife holds membership. Fraternally he belongs to both the Independent Order of Odd Fel- lows and has been deputized to the Grand Lodge, and the Ancient Order of United Workmen. He has filled all of the ehairs in both organizations. He is also affil- iated with the Knights and Ladies of Security and has held all of the offiees in the Joeal lodge. His political views eoineide with the principles of the demoeratie party, and he easts his ballot in support of the men and measures of this body save in municipal elections when he votes for the man he feels is best adapted to subserve the interests of the community. He takes an active interest in all Joeal affairs, served for eight years as justiee of the peace and police judge, while he was a member of the town eouneil for two years, and has also been a member of the school board. Mr. Northrup is a man with high standards of citizenship and upright principles, who loyally and efficiently discharges every duty with which he is entrusted whether of a private or publie nature, and is accorded the respeet of the community where he has resided for so many years.
ROBERT PUGH TURNLEY.
The business interests of Rosalia find a most worthy representative in the person of Robert Pugh Turnley, who for nearly twenty years has been eondueting a general mercantile establishment here. His endeavors have been direeted with more than average foresight and sagaeity and have been rewarded with correspond- ing sueeess, and as a result he is now prominently identified with varions thriving enterprises in this vieinity. He was born in northern Alabama on the 5th of Au- gust, 1862, and is a son of William F. and Mary (Houston) Turnley, the father a native of Virginia and the mother of Alabama. In the paternal line be is de- seended from an old colonial family and his great-grandfather was a veteran of the Revolutionary war.
The education of Robert Pugh Turnley was eommeneed in the common sehools of his native state and completed at Bethel College, Tennessee, his student days being terminated at the age of seventeen years. In 1879, he began fitting him- self for a start in life and during the sueeeeding two years assisted his father with the cultivation of the farm and the operation of a tannery. At the expiration of that time. in 1881, he left home and went to Arkansas, where he resided for ten years. He first obtained employment as a farm hand at sixteen dollars per month, and later ran an engine in a eotton gin. Having become more or less famil- iar with this industry, he in 1883 took charge of a eotton gin belonging to W. W. Collier at Spadra, Arkansas. As he proved to be efficient and trustworthy, Mr. Collier later put him in charge of his farm at Clarksville, that state. In 1885 he left Mr. Collier's service and returned to Lamar, where he ran Thompson Brothers
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cotton gin for a time and later clerked in their general store. Being a young man of tireless energy and temperate habits, Mr. Turnley had managed to save enough out of his carnings, to start him in business on his account and, in 1887, he and his brother opened a confectionary store. He attended carefully and industri- ously to the young enterprise, and as a result their undertaking thrived and from his share of the proceeds, Mr. Turnley acquired enough capital to buy out his brother's interest. He conducted his business alone until 1890, when he disposed of the store and went to Alma, Arkansas, where he organized a general mercantile business. For a brief period the firm was conducted under the name of R. P. Turnley, but he later sold half of his interest to J. T. Jones and the business was thereafter known under the name of Turnley & Jones. He withdrew from the firm in 1891 and went to Haroldton, to assume the management of a large general mercantile store, remaining in charge of this establishment until 1892, when he came to Thornton, this county. to take a similar position with Thompson, Holt & Company. In June of the following year he resigned his position with the latter firm and coming to Rosalia established a general store as a partner of J. F. Thompson. This concern was conducted under the firm name of Thompson & Turnley until 1904. when Mr. Turnley purchased the interest of his partner and has since been operating his business as. the sole owner,
During the long period of his connection with the commercial interests of Whit- man county. Mr. Turnley has established an enviable reputation as a man of not only keen sagacity and sound judgment but of absolute reliability. The methods he pursues in the organization and conduct of any enterprise will hear the closest investigation and scrutiny, and never reveal anything at all detrimental to his reputation. His business is conducted in strict accordance with the highest prin- ciples of modern commercialism, and the system he employs has been born of years of practical experience and close observation. That it is adequate and well conceived is manifested by his prosperity, as in addition to his fine establishment in Rosalia he has branches at Malden and Tekoa. With the development of his Insiness. Mr. Turnley extended his activities in other directions and he is one of the stockholders and also a director and vice president of the Bank of Rosalia and president of the Rosalia Telephone Company and built the first rural line to Pine City. He is also a stockholder and director of the Rosalia Water Company and the Rosalia Creamery Company. both thriving industries, As an organizer and director he has few peers in this section, and his name, mentioned in connection with any undertaking, is sufficient guaranty to prospective investors. who on ac- count of it feel sure of its successful development.
At Lamar, Arkansas, on the 27th of January. 1887. Mr. Turnley was united in marriage to Miss Laura E. Howard of Georgia, a daughter of Samuel and Victoria ( Martin) Howard, natives of the same state. Seven children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Turnley, namely: Sehna, the wife of E. B. Field. of Tekoa; Robert Pugh, Jr., who is manager of the store at Malden: and Norma, Howard. Bryan. Madge and Blanche, all of whom are at home.
The family affiliate with the Christian church, in which the parents hold mem- bership. Fraternally Mr. Turnley is a member of the Modern Woodmen of Amer- ien. the Woodmen of the World and the Masonic order. He has attained high rank in the latter lodge and is a member of the shrine. He is a charter member of the Rosalia Business Men's Club. a purely social organization; of the Chamber of Vol 111-18
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Commerce, of which he was formerly president ; and he is also a member of the Inland Club of Spokane. Despite the exactions of his extensive interests he does not neglect his eivie repsonsibilities and is always willing to assume his share of the eivic duties, having represented his ward in the town council for several years, while in 1909 and 1910 he served as mayor. A staneh demoerat in his politieal views, he gives his unqualified indorsement to the men and measures of that party. A man of laudable ambition and strong individuality, by reason of his unswerving determination and ceaseless energy, Mr. Turnley has achieved creditable success, which gives him the added satisfaction of being the result of his own efforts.
WILLIAM ANDREW NELSON.
William Andrew Nelson, manager of the Colfax branch of the Gilbert Hunt Implement Company, with headquarters in Walla Walla. Washington, was born in Mercer county, Kentucky, September 15, 1877. the son of Andrew S. and Sarah (Burrus) Nelson. The Nelson family was established on the American continent in ante-Revolutionary days and representatives of the family fought in the war which helped to gain independence for the original thirteen colonies. The subject of this review is a grandson of William S. Nelson and Edmund Burrus. who were long identified with the business and social activities of Virginia.
William A. Nelson attended the common schools of Kentucky, completing his education at the Georgetown College. of Georgetown. Kentucky. In 1896 he began working for a machinery house as traveling salesman but later removed to Colorado and in that state drove a stage from Hotchkiss to Delta. In 1899 he entered the employ of E. H. Dyer & Company, contractors, and was employed in the eonstrue- tion of a beet sugar mill at Grand Junction, Colorado. In the fall of the same year he returned to his home in Kentucky, assisting his father in his mercantile business until the spring of 1900, when he removed to Oklahoma and was there engaged in the same line of business until 1902. when he went to Kansas City. Missouri. enter- ing the employ of the Dayton Computing Scale Company as traveling salesman. The lure of the west. however, proved too strong for him and in the fall of 1903 he removed to San Francisco, California, and after traveling for some time in that state and secking good business opportunities he settled in Eugene, Oregon, where he elerked in a men's furnishing store for about a year. In 1901 he removed to Spokane, Washington. where he entered the employ of the International Harvester Company. with which he remained connected until the following year. when he came to Colfax. entering the employ of the Enterprise Implement Company. His services were so satisfactory that in 1906 he became manager of the company. He remained with this firm until 1907, when an opportunity to better his condition, offered with the Colfax Implement Company. He was thus employed until 1908, when he became manager of the Gilbert Hunt Company's branch implement house at Colfax, a position which he still holds. During the period of his career thus far he had been saving his money with commendable thrift and now owns the property upon which his employer's business is built and is also the possessor of property in Spokane.
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In Missouri, on December 21. 1903. Mr. Nelson was married to Miss Cora A. Miller, a daughter of Theodore and Sarah Miller, and to this union one daughter, Margaret Pauline, has been born. In his political views Mr. Nelson is an adherent of the democratic party and is now serving as a member of the Colfax city council. He is affiliated with the Masonic order and the Woodmen of the World, and is an active member of the Colfax Commercial Club.
Mr. Nelson, having had broad experience, has by careful training become a most successful manager, being thoroughly familiar with all the details of the imple- ment business as well as with all other lines of trade. He gives careful attention to his business, is accurate in all matters of detail. affable in manner when mingling with customers, and his genial disposition has drawn toward him an unusually large circle of close business, social and fraternal friends. He is one of those optimists who believe in the west and see its business constantly becoming more important.
JOHN WESLEY HENKLE.
Prominently identified with the hardware trade in Tekoa, Whitman county. Washington, is John Wesley Henkle, who was born in Benton county, Oregon, Au- gust 14. 1869, a son of Andrew J. and Mary (Woods) Henkle, the former a na- tive of Ohio and the latter of lowa. In 1853 the parents crossed the plains from lowa to Oregon with ox teams, the journey requiring six months.
The youth of John W. Henkle was spent in Oregon, where his education was gained in the district schools in the vicinity of his father's farm. He continued his school duties, assisting his father the while. until 1889, when he gave his entire time to helping his father on the farm. being thus engaged until 1891. In the latter year the family removed to Tekoa. where he, with his father and brothers, engaged in the dry-goods business under the firm name of A. J. Henkh & Sons. This business was continued for several years but in 1894. during the hard times, in the northwest and all over the country, J. W. Henkle secured employment at anything he could get to do until 1896, when he entered the employ of Henry D. Kay. a hardware merchant. Mr. Kay had sold out in 1900 and Mr. Henkle continued with his successors until 1905. In that year the hardware and furniture firm of Henkle & Schulerud was established and from that time forward to the present Mr. Henkle has been identi- fied with the hardware trade. In 1909 the firm name was changed to Henkke', Schulerud & Company and the following year the business was incorporated under the style of the Henkle Hardware Company, S. M. Watson being president. James 'MeGrery, vice president, and J. W. Henkle, secretary and manager. Mr. Henkle takes time from his business to assist in various enterprises in which Tekoa is in- terested and is acting as a director of the Tekoa Carnival Company.
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