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In Whitman county, on the 28th of October. 1875, Mr. Holt was married to Miss Henrietta Tabor, a native of Oregon and a daughter of John B. and Malsina (Taylor) Tabor. both of whom were born in Indiana. To Mr. and Mrs. Holt three children were born: Mrs. W. R. Brewer, who is residing in St. Louis, Mis- souri, and is the mother of one child; Harold G., who is living at home and attending Washington College: and Eva. who died at the age of twelve years. .
In polities Mr. Holt has always voted with the democratic party. He holds membership in the Masons and the Woodmen of the World. His prominence and interest in civic affairs are shown by an incident which occurred when the county seat of Whitman county was to be established. In the contest for this Mr. Holt drove a stake on his land and called it Whitman City and that place contested with Colfax for the seat.
ODELL V. BRYSON.
Odell V. Bryson, who is conducting a furniture store in Colfax, was born in Oregon on the 26th of June, 1868, and is a son of Isaac L. and Harriet (Darling) Bryson, natives of Ohio and Ilinois respectively. The parents removed to Whit- man county in 1871. and settled seven miles north of Colfax on the Palouse river, where the son. Odell V. Bryson, spent his boyhood and youth. His education was acquired in the public schools of Colfax and subsequently in the University of Wash- ington at Seattle, in which institution he remained through the sophomore year. lle received a free scholarship for Whitman county from James V. Odell and John Lawrence in a competitive examination. Later he engaged in farming in Whitman county, but in 1895 gave up agricultural pursuits to engage in the butcher business
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at Garfield where he remained for one year. After this he taught school and was employed in making railroad ties until 1897 when he returned to Colfax and ac- cepted employment putting up straw. Two years later, when he had earned enough money to make the final payment upon his Garfield property, he purchased a coal company and entered upon a business career for himself. this concern being known as the Colfax Fuel Company. In 1906 he opened a warehouse at Almota, but the fol- lowing year returned to Colfax and engaged in the furniture business, which he is still conducting. He carries a well selected stock, and by a careful study of the wants of his customers he is proving that his establishment is a most satisfactory and valuable asset to the mercantile world of Colfax.
On November 18, 1905. Mr. Bryson was married to Miss Ida Kartowitz, who is a native of Germany and a daughter of Carl and Wilhelmina (Streech) Karto- witz, both of whom are at present residing in Germany. Mr. Bryson holds mem- bership in the Woodmen of the World, the Knights of Pythias, the Modern Brother- hood of America, of which he is secretary. the Moose and the Commercial Club of Colfax. He is also a member of the Christian church. Politically he gives his sup- port to the republican party, but frequently casts his vote for man or principal rather than according to party dictates. Throughout the various periods he has resided in Colfax he has won the respect and regard of his fellow citizens, which he holds because of his integrity, loyalty and high sense of honor. He is recognized as one of the most enterprising citizens of Colfax and his assistance is never lack- ing when any measure is proposed which will further the social, moral and educa- tional development of the town.
MATT BAUMGARTNER.
Germany has furnished a valuable class of citizens to the new world. They have brought with them from their native country the unremitting energy and per- severance characteristic of the Teutonic race and in the great majority of cases have attained success in the management of varied business affairs. Matt Baum- gartner, who is residing in Spokane. was born at Bingen-on-the-Rhine, Germany, on the 31st of March, 1872, his parents being George and Katherine (Weber) Baum- gartner. The mother died in 1910. In his native land the father was an architect and contractor.
Until he was nineteen years of age Matt Baumgartner attended school in Ger- many being graduate of the School of Mines at Freiburg, and he later assisted his father in the contracting business until time to enter the usual required military service. After the completion of his term he came to the United States, locating first in California, where he mined for two years, and then was engaged as a chemist assayer in San Francisco and the Coeur d'Alenes. He was interested in mining in Arizona. Colorado and Montana for a short time, after which he went to the Coeur d'Alene mining district, where he has since been interested. He is sery- ing as president of the Liston Mining Company and is a life member and the presi- dent of the Washington state branch of the American Mining Congress.
At Wallace, Idaho, on the 5th of January. 1898, Mr. Baumgartner was married to Miss Mamie Frances Allen, a daughter of James and Katherine Allen and a
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sister of Eddie Allen, the Irish comedian, whose stage name was Allen Doon. Mrs. Baumgartner possesses artistic talent of a high order and has painted a number of excellent pictures, making a specialty of figure painting. By her marriage she has become the mother of one child. Katherine Hughe, who is attending school.
Politically Mr. Baumgartner gives his support to the republican party and fra- ternally he is a Mason, hokling membership in the blue lodge. The prosperity of the companies in which he is interested is due in a large measure to their president, who gives his whole time and most careful attention to their management. Among those who have achieved prominenec as men of marked ability and substantial worth in Spokane Mr. Baumgartner occupies a prominent position.
HANS MUMM.
A German-American citizen who has distinguished himself in many ways dur- ing an extended residence in the northwest is Hans Mumm, government weather observer at Rosalia, a retired farmer who was the pioneer of the bee industry in this seetion and a school director throughout all his life. He was born in Ger- many, May 8, 1852, his parents being Hans and Wiebke (Mueller) Mumm. Hans Mumm was educated in the excellent graded schools of Germany and in 1862 began working with his father on the farm, a vocation which he followed until the death of his parents in 1872. when he entered the bee industry and followed that line of work until 1880. in which year he came to the conclusion that the new world offered advantages not to be found in the fatherland and emigrated to the United States.
On landing on this side of the Atlantic he crossed the great American continent to the Palouse country. Washington. where he settled in the locality in which his brother Wesley had previously located and there took up a homestead of one hum- dred and sixty acres and also another of similar size under the timber culture laws, his land being situated five miles northeast of Rosalia. He labored inces- santly aud by his well dirceted efforts he early succeeded in placing the greater part of his land under a good state of cultivation and added to the farm such improvements as were necessary. After obtaining government patent to this land he again engaged in his former occupation. that of bee culture, thus becoming the pioneer of the bee business in this community. In addition to these interests he is a stockholder in the National Bank of Rosalia, owns stock in the local telephone company and also in the Rosalia Water Company of which concern he is the treasurer. He has also given a considerable share of his time and attention to the raising of fruit, His labors on the farm were eminently successful and after engaging actively in various lines of business until 1907. he retired in that year and removed to Rosalia, where he is now living. In addition to his property near Rosalia he has considerable hoklings in Spokane and Everett, Washington.
It was in 1875 that Mr. Mumm was married to Miss Louisa Binge, the ceremony taking place prior to his emigration to this country. His bride is a daughter of Daniel and Anna C. (Wuelfer ) Binge, both natives and lifelong residents of Ger- many. To Mr. and Mrs. Mumm were born two children: Hans, who was grad- uated from the college at Pullman in 1901, and who afterward married Miss Susan
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Spaulding, by whom he has one daughter, Lois Annette; and Anna, still living at home with her parents.
When he left Germany, taking with him his passports, Mr. Mumm did so with the full intention of becoming an American citizen, and one of his first acts upon arriving in Washington was to officially deelare his intention to become a citizen of the United States, renouncing all allegiance to governments, prinees and po- tentates of Germany and every other country whatsoever. On reviewing the politi- eal situation of the country he became affiliated with the republican party and in 1892 he was appointed by the government of the United States as weather ob- server at Rosalia. He has a finely kept office and his efficient service in this con- neetion has been of great value to the people of this community and surrounding country. Ile has always taken great interest in educational matters and has all his life been a school director.
The successful business career of Mr. Mumm. when considered in connection with the interest which he has taken in educational and civic matters, furnishes a conspicuous example of the splendid German-American citizens who in such large numbers now give fealty to the American flag. Perhaps no nationality of foreign birth or language has contributed in so large a degree to the citizenship of this great country as have the Germans. The splendid educational facilities possessed by the fatherland is no doubt a great factor in making this true. Mr. Mumm in his business and public life has always formed friends in large numbers and by his.consistent, affable and sociable demeanor has held, probably, a larger propor- tion of them than has the large majority of men. His dealings in all the affairs of life have always been characterized by integrity. impartiality and fairness and he is in all respects one of the most valued and highly esteemed citizens of the country of his adoption.
1I. T. BURNETT.
HI. T. Burnett, who has been connected with the commercial activities of Daven- port for the past five years, was born in London, England, on the 10th of August, 1869, and is a son of C. Compton and Sarah A. Burnett. The father, who was a elergyman in the church of England. emigrated to the United States with his wife and family in 1872, loeating in Iowa. There he followed his profession for eleven
years when he came to Spokane. Washington. as reetor of All Saints church.
As he was a child of only three years when he accompanied his parents on their removal to the United States. H. T. Burnett obtained his education in the public schools of lowa and Spokane. He was an industrious, enterprising lad and during his school days used to earn his own spending money by working at various occupations suitable for one of his age. It was at this time that the Spokane Falls Review, now the Spokesman Review, was founded and Mr. Burnett carried and delivered the first issues of this paper. of which he is now the exclusive rep- resentative in Davenport. When he had attained the age of seventeen years he left school and located on his father's ranch. in the vicinity of Spokane, devoting his attention to its cultivation during the succeeding four years. Deciding at the expiration of that period that he wanted to learn a trade he returned to the city
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and entered the National Iron Works as a machinist's apprentice. At the end of his three years' service he entered the employment of Graham & Company, whole- sale and retail stationers, with whom he remained for twelve and a half years. Hle was a faithful and conscientious employe, early displaying qualities that won for him the confidence of the firm, who promoted him from time to time in ac- cordance with the ability he displayed until he was manager of the wholesale sta- tionery department, from which position he resigned in 1906 to come to Daven- port. By reason of his thrift he had acquired suthicient capital to engage in busi- ness for himself and coming to Davenport he opened a book and stationery store. He carries a full and complete line of periodicals and newspapers and also keeps a stock of confectionery and toys and such notions as are usually handled in an establishment of this kind. His store is well kept and tastefully arranged and naturally attracts many patrons, while the gracious and courteous treatment ac- corded all enables Mr. Burnett to retain his customers. He has built up a very good business during the period of his operations here and is constantly gaining patronage.
Spokane was the scene of the marriage of Mr. Burnett to Miss Margaret Meacham. a daughter of George Meacham of that city, on the 13th of July, 1901. Of this union there have been born four children: Ruth, whose birth occurred in 1903; Trafford, born in 1906: and Herbert and Hugh. twins, who were born in 1907.
Mr. and Mrs. Burnett are members of the Episcopal church. in the work of which they take an active and earnest interest, Mr. Burnett at the present time being treasurer. He is also a member of the Ancient Order of United Workmen. being identified with Davenport Lodge, No. 55, of which he has been financier for the past three years, and he is affiliated with the Redmen, holding the office of collector in this order. His political support Mr. Burnett gives to the republican party. the policy of which receives his unqualified indorsement, but he does not take an active part in municipal affairs, feeling that his personal matters require his undivided time and attention.
EDMUND EVERETT FLOOD.
The annals of successful and extensive business operations of the great north- West are not surpassed in comparative splendor or magnitude by those of any see- tion in the United States. A conspicuous figure in the history of this part of the Union is Edmund Everett Flood, manager of the Broadview Dairy Farm. ad- joining the city limits of Rosalia, Whitman county, Oregon. The name of Flood is not distinguished by business interests and activities alone. however, as in the veins of the subject of this review flows the blood of the patriots of 1776, to whose self-sacritieing and perilous labors in the founding of this republic we are indebted to for the liberties and the civilization which we today enjoy. This is truc, as both the paternal and maternal great-grandfathers of Mr. Flood were actively engaged in the war of the revolution.
Mr. Flood was born in the state of Maine, July 11, 1881. The grandfathers were David Flood and John Brackett, both of Massachusetts, and the father was
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Allen H. Flood, a native of Maine, and the mother Elizabeth Brackett, born and reared in New Hampshire. The parents removed to Marshall, Washington. in 1889, where they settled and where Mr. Flood received a common-school educa- tion, finishing in the schools of Spokane. The father, with true pioneer spirit, drove oxen in the lumber camps of Washington and worked at the dairying busi- ness in a small way to support his family. From 1896 to 1898 Edmund E. Flood worked for a dairyman and continued his schooling and in 1898 he worked in the small dairy owned and operated by his father. In 1899 he moved to Butte, Montana. where he entered the employ of the Butte Gas Company, and remained with that concern for about a year. He then returned to Spokane and entered into partnership with C. B. Foote in the plumbing business, the firm name being C. B. Foote & Company. This proved to be a disastrous business venture and in the fall of the same year Mr. Flood removed to Seattle and entered the employ of the Seattle Gas Company. In the spring of the following year he returned to Spokane and established the Broadview Dairy Company. the dairy comprising at its beginning thirty-six eows. He continued in this business in Spokane until in- ereasing patronage demanded a larger place. Accordingly, in 1904, through his efforts, the Broadview Dairy Farm was incorporated, with A. H. Flood. presi- dent : E. E. Flood, vice president, and F. B. Flood, secretary. In 1906 this cor- poration changed the place of its operations to Marshall Junetion, purchasing six hundred aeres and establishing a dairy with one hundred and fifty cows. In 1909 the coneern purchased six hundred and forty aeres adjoining the town of Rosalia, which became the seat of the Coneern's operations. Business grew under the wise management of Mr. Flood as its manager and vice president until now the dairy comprises from six hundred to eight hundred cows and in addition to the six hundred and forty acres which it operates an entire section of land is rented to supplement the six hundred and forty aeres it owns in the way of helping to fur- nish feed for the dairy stock. An important branch of this company's business is a large iee eream factory in Spokane, which also does a general retail milk business and handles one-third of the entire milk supply of that eity. In addi- tion to the large interests of Mr. Flood in the dairy at Rosalia and the ice cream factory and milk business at Spokane he is also a stockholder and director of the bank of Rosalia. His ability and untiring efforts in connection with the dairy business have given him prominence throughout this section and he is at present viee president of the Northwestern Live Stoek Association. His well known loyalty to the northwest and the untiring interest which he takes in its upbuilding and prosperity have made him popular throughout the business eireles of Whit- man county, and he is now viee president of the Rosalia Chamber of Commerce.
Mr. Flood was married in Rosalia, Washington, on June 28. 1904, to Miss Pebble Mae Fish, of Missouri, a daughter of Robert J. and Temperance (Mor- gan) Fish, her father being a native of Illinois and her mother of Kentucky. To this union one son has been born, David J. Fraternally Mr. Flood is affiliated with the Masonie order, having progressed in Masonry up to and including the thirty-second degree. He is also a member of the Odd Fellows and of the Knights of Pythias, as well as belonging to the Inland Club of Spokane. In his politieal . views he is a republican, although maintaining sufficient independence of the grand old party to vote for other candidates when they appear to him to be more suited to the positions they seek than are the candidates of his own party.
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This brilliant young business man, though young in years, has by his own efforts, unaided by inheritances, achieved a business success greatly superior to that which ordinarily befalls the lot of men of mature years. Born of splendid lineage, possessing courage, wisdom, discretion and ambition, he has single-handed and alone fought his way forward in the commercial world until he has become well known in dairying and stock circles throughout this state. The management of the affairs of the large corporation in his hands entails no small responsibility and to his wise and aggressive policies the company is very largely indebted for the great degree of success to which it has attained. It is not to be wondered at that such a man should be popular among his acquaintances and friends, as not only his business ability but his genial. companionable manner everywhere inspire confidence and esteem. Edmund E. Flood is destined to carve out for himself an unusually brilliant and successful business career and is to become still more widely known, more valuable to the northwest and more useful to his community.
GEORGE WILLIAM REED.
George William Reed, who is successfully engaged in the real-estate business at Pullman, was born in Frederick county, Virginia. November 22. 1850. His parents, James M. and Mary C. (Miller) Reed, were born natives of Virginia and were reared and married in that state. In 1858 they removed to Missouri, locating on a farm there. During the Civil war the father served on the Union side in the state militia.
George William Reed, being eight years of age when his parents removed to Missouri, had attended the public schools in his native state for a couple of terms and on reaching Missouri, completed his education in the public schools there. In 1866 he began working on his father's farm, where he remained until 1870. when he started out in life for himself by working as a farm hand in Missouri. In February. 1875. he went to Shasta county. California, and was there employed for one year by the California & Oregon Stage Company. In the fall of 1876 he moved to Chico. California. and until June. 1877, was employed in a sash and door factory. He then came to Washington, locating at Palouse, where he started the first steam sawmill in that district and it was the second steam sawmill in the county, known as Farnsworth, Worley & Company. In 1878 he took charge of and operated the Reed Hotel at Palouse, but after one year removed to a farm six miles north of Pullman, where he homesteaded a tract of one hundred and sixty acres and improved the same, residing there until 1891. He then came to Pullman and engaged in the real-estate and loan business, remaining in this line of work until June. 1893. In that year he bought a half-interest in the grocery store of R. B. Bragg and continued in that work until 1899. the store being con- ducted under the firm name of Bragg & Reed. He then went to Tacoma, where he was engaged in the grocery business until 1901, when he returned to his home farm and operated the same for one year. Returning to Pullman. he there estab- lished a furniture business in partnership with William White, under the firm name of White & Reed. Later Mr. Reed purchased the interest of Mr. White and oper- ated the store as the Reed Furniture Store until 1901. when he sold a half-inter-
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est to R. G. Smith and together they managed the furniture store until 1906, when Mr. Reed sold out and has sinee devoted his entire attention to the real-estate business. He has an extensive patronage and is very sueeessful in his line of work. He is a stoekhokler in the Leo Vinegar & Produee Company and is at pres- ent a member of the Pullman Chamber of Commerce.
At Whelan, Washington, on the 28th of February, 1878, Mr. Reed was united in marriage with Miss Addie Branham, who was born in Kansas. a daughter of Christopher C. and Rachel (Reilly) Branham, the father a native of Illinois and the mother of Ohio. Mr. Branham was one of the early pioneers who crossed the plains with horse teams. To Mr. and Mrs. Reed have been born four children: William Edgar, of Libby. Montana; Leila M., who is now Mrs. Robert M. Ray, of Spokane. Washington. and the mother of one son; Gladys Hazel, at home: and one, who died in infaney.
In politics Mr. Reed is a demoerat and he has served as eouneilman for one term. He has ever been greatly interested in school work and was a member of the board of education for several years, being a member when the first high-school diplomas were granted. fn 1877 he was one of the charter members of the Ma- sonie lodge in Pullman and is further identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, having filled all the chairs in the local lodge, and also the Order of Rebekahs. He is likewise associated with the Woodmen of the World. Mr. Reed is a member of the Methodist Episcopal church, is now a trustee and was the first trustee and one of the organizers of the first ehureh at Pullman. As an early resident of this part of the country he is acquainted with almost the entire history of the county and his memory forms a eonmeeting link between the primitive past and the progressive present.
ISRAEL DAY LEMLEY.
Among the well known and sueeessful farmers of Whitman county, Washing- ton. is Israel Day Lemley, who was born in Monroe county, Ohio, December 4, 1861, being a son of Peter O. and Elizabeth (Riley) Lemley, both natives of Ohio.
The early youth of Israel Day Lemley was spent in Ohio, where he received a common-school education. As a boy he began aetively assisting his father with the work on the farm and so continued until 1887. when he removed to Cheney, Washington, and began farming on his own account on a place four miles west of that town. where he remained until 1890. when. with his two brothers, he pur- chased three hundred and twenty aeres six miles northwest of Rosalia, Whitman county. Washington. His habits of industry and economy, coupled with wise busi- ness management, enabled him from time to time to inerease his landed holdings until he beeame the owner of seventeen hundred and seventy-two aeres of land. He now has fifteen hundred aeres, all of which is located in Spokane county. Mr. Lemley still owns his ranehes which are taken care of and cultivated by his sons, while he makes his residenee in Rosalia, where he has purehased a home in order that his younger children might have better sehool facilities.
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