Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 103

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At Boise, Idaho, on July 4, 1879, Mr. Ruark married Miss Mary A., daughter of Francis M. and Hannah (Bacon) Wilmarth. One son, Egbert A., has been born to them, the date of his nativity being August 30, 1880. This young man married Miss Annie Thurlow, and they have one little girl, Thema A.

JOHN C. GARRETT is one of the in- dustrious and prosperous farmers of the Methow valley, and resides seven miles west from Twisp. He was born in Hickman county, Tennessee, on November 10, 1839, the son of James B. and Charity (Kimmons) Gar- rett, natives of Tennessee. They both died in Arkansas. Our subject remained in Tennessee until eighteen, getting his educational training there, and gaining vigor by the excellent exer- cise of an agricultural life. At the age last mentioned he went to Washington county, Ar- kansas, and thence in 1879, to Modoc county, California, where he farmed until 1882. Then Mr. Garrett came to Harney county, Oregon, and there raised cattle, horses and mules until 1900. In that year he came to the Methow val- ley and bought his present place, which he is `improving in a very fine manner. He is still handling horses and mules and is skilled in these lines. Mr. Garrett has an estate of one half section and is making it a fine farm. He formerly was in the merchandise business in Arkansas, but takes more pleasure in stock raising.

On June 1, 1861, Mr. Garrett enlisted in Company I, Third Arkansas Infantry, in the confederate army, and fought in the battles of Wilson Creek, Elk Horn and Corinth, besides many others. In 1863 he was transferred to the cavalry, under General J. M. Fagan, where he served until June 5, 1865, when he surren- dered with his regiment at Jacksonport, Ar- kansas. After the first year in the infantry Mr. Garrett was lieutenant, and in the cavalry he was captain of his company, which was called the Paw Paw Rangers. After the war Mr. Garrett took up Democratic politics and has adhered to that line since that time. He was chairman of the first Democratic central committee of Harney county and has held va- rious responsible offices in the places where he has resided. In 1902 Mr. Garrett ran for the

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legislature against Dr. J. I. Pogue and was de- feated by only forty-two votes. Dr. Pogue was one of the earliest pioneers of the county and our subject had been here but a short time. This shows the popularity he has acquired in this short time.

In 1895, while in Washington county, Ar- kansas, Mr. Garrett married Miss Nancy E., daughter of Thomas and Nancy (Sharp) Dodson, natives of Tennessee. The father was a prominent Baptist preacher for fifty years. To Mr. and Mrs. Garrett the following named children have been born: Edna, wife of Si- mon Lewis, of Burns, Oregon; Julia, wife of Judge T. J. Shields, of Harney county, Ore- gon : Emma, wife of R. J. Williams, county commissioner of Harney county; Lizzie, wife of P. M. Cheney, of Harney county; Stella, wife of R. N. Miller, of Twisp; Arlu, wife of A. G. Vanderpool, in Harney county ; R. C., married to Lora Rader, and living in Twisp; Joseph T., single and operating a harness and saddle shop in Burns, Oregon; and two others, who died in infancy, one son and one daughter.

JAMES M. HOLT has accomplished a work in Okanogan county which speaks for itself. He is residing in the town of Pateros where he owns about eighty-five acres of land, forty-five of which are under a fine ditch, his own private property. Over twenty acres of this irrigated land is set out to fruit, mostly peaches, and at the present time is bearing well. Mr. Holt's place is one of the finest fruit ranches in the Columbia valley and is especially adapted to this industry. The farm is laid out in a very skillful manner and everything about indicates the ability and good taste of the owner. It is a very valuable piece of property.

James M. Holt was born in Jones county, Iowa, on March 2, 1863, the son of William and Isabelle (Nickels) Holt, natives of Indi- ana and Maine, respectively, and now deceased. In the public schools of his native state James M. was well educated, and when he had reached the age of twenty, departed from his home to try his fortune for himself in the world at large. He located at Deadwood, South Da- kota, where eleven years were spent in farming. After this he was an incorporator of the Covina Water Company and spent three years in this

enterprise. It was in 1900 that Mr. Holt lo- cated in Okanogan county, four and one-half miles northwest of Pateros. Soon after he sold his place and secured the farm where he now resides.

Fraternally Mr. Holt is a member of the IV. O. W. and is a popular and substantial citizen. On April 25, 1887, at Deadwood, Mr. Holt married Miss Mary A., daughter of William and Margaret (Donaldson) Burns, natives of Ireland and England, respectively.

To Mr. and Mrs. Holt eight children have been born, named as follows: William M., May B., Edward V., Harry A., Hester A., Margaret, John and Leonard.

GEORGE R. HURLBERT resides about eleven miles southwest from Loomis, in Horse Springs coulee, where he owns a good ranch and does stock raising and general farming. He is one of the industrious and progressive men of the county and in addition to this prop- erty, owns several other farms which he rents, besides a residence and other property in Loomis.

George R. Hurlbert was born on January 18, 1871, in Page county, Iowa, the son of William S. and Mary J. (Dixon). Hurlbert. The father served in the Civil War for four years and participated in several of the fierc- est battles ever fought on American soil. When an infant our subject went with his parents to Missouri, whence they came in 1874, with ox teams, across the plains to Linn county. Oregon. In 1877, they journeyed on through to Colfax, Washington, being one of the first families to settle in that vicinity. In 1883, they came to Wilbur and located about twelve miles northwest of that place, being among the first there, where the parents now reside. At the early age of thirteen, our subject, to use his own expression, began "rustling" for himself. He was an active and persistent boy, and soon found himself engaged in the acquisition of wealth. He wrought in the Couer d'Alene country, then rode the range in central Washı- ington and British Columbia, passing through the Okanogan country, in 1889. Later he settled in this section and took the land where he now makes his home, as a homestead, since which time he has given himself largely to gen- eral farming.

GEORGE R. HURLBERT.

FRED VENTZKE.

JAMES P. BLAINE.

E. K. PENDERGAST.

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On December 31, 1896, at Wilbur, Wash- ington, Mr. Hurlbert married Miss Bessie M. whose father, S. A. Hicks, now lives near Wilbur. To this union one child has been born, Grant H. Mr. Hurlbert is a member of the W. W. and his wife is a member of the Women ' of Woodcraft. They are enter- prising people, who receive the respect and es- teem of all and have wrought with faithful- ness since coming to this country.

FRED F. VENTZKE is well known as a business man of Okanogan county, whose energies and keen wisdom have been largely toward developing mineral resources so abund- ant here. His postoffice address is Winthrop and his home is on a homestead on the north fork of the Methow. In addition to giving his attention to his homestead, he is occupied as surveyor and United States land commissioner. He was appointed to the latter. position by Judge Hanford of the United States court. At the present time he is making extensive mineral surveys at Slate creek, Whatcom county, and is heavily interested in mining properties there and elsewhere.

Fred F. Ventzke was born in Portage, Wisconsin, July 15, 1870, the son of Theodore and Caroline Ventzke. He was well educated in the public schools and then completed his training in the University of Wisconsin, taking his degree in civil engineering. He followed this profession on the railroad in various places for several years, finally coming to Washington in 1896, in the employ of the Northern Pacific. Later he returned to Mon- tana and operated on the Geor survey of that state and Idaho. Completing his work, he re- turned to Washington in the fall of 1898, lo- cating in Okanogan county and taking his homestead as stated above. He has his place well improved and is one of the leading citizens of the county. Fraternally, he is connected with the K. P., F. O. A., and the M. W. A. Mr. Ventzke is deputy county surveyor of Ok- anogan county and justice of the peace for Winthrop precinct. He is a young man who has won the seteem and confidence of the entire community and has gained for himself a good property holding as well as a first-class stand- ing.

MAJOR JAMES P. BLAINE is better known as "Apache Jim" in Crowford's poems. He figured quite extensively in the trouble with the Indians in the southwestern part of the United States. Mr. Blaine is at present doing a fine business in assaying at Chesaw, Washington, where he has been engaged for some time and where he is well known through out this section, not only as a first class assayer but also as an expert and skillful mining man.

James P. Blaine was born in Franklin coun- ty, New York, on January 18, 1853, the son of Robert E. and Agnes ( Harvey) Blaine, natives of Franklin county also. The father was of Scotch descent, and his father, the grandfather of our subject, located the old homestead in New York, where his son, Robert E., resided until his death, and where the brother, of our subject, Alexander D., now resides. The fa- ther died in 1887, aged seventy-six. grandfather fought in the Revolution. The The mother died six years ago in her eighty-ninth year. Her father, John Harvey, was in the war of 1812, and her grandfather fought for Amer- ican Independence in the Revolution.

James P. is one of six children named as follows: Alexander W., John H., George, deceased, Mrs. Agnes Mitchell, Mrs. Jeanette Kent and our subject. He left home at the age of thirteen, and lived with his brother, Alexander, of Marshall, Michigan. He was fairly well educated, and at the age of twenty went to Hillsborough, New Mexico and took up mining and assaying, having become skilled in that art during his days of study. He was superintendent of the Chloride Mining and Re- duction Company and led the party who made the locations for this company. He was quite successful in his work, then lost all. Later he made more money and on November 20, 1886, at Chloride, he married Miss Jennie C. Hart, who was born in Doylestown, Pennsylvania, August 24, 1854. Her parents were Nathaniel and S. (Coz) Hart, natives of New Jersey. The father was a civil engineer and held a first lieutenancy in the Civil War, in which he was killed. In 1895. Mr. Blaine started from Chloride with his wife and five children in a wagon, determined to make his way to the north country. He had an assaying outfit with him and did work from New Mexico to Lake Chelan, taking two years to make the trip. He resided at Lake Chelan for a year doing assaying, and in the spring of 1898, came to

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Chesaw. Two years later he brought his fam- ily here to reside. The first assaying done in this section of the country was by Mr. Blaine, on April 10, 1898. He now owns a good resi- dence, office, and other town property, and is doing a good business. He is superintendent of the Opan Gold Mining Company and owns a large share of the stock. The company has fine property, and has done about ten thousand dollars worth of development work. which shows a large ledge of good gold value. They have a large amount of ore on the dump and will soon begin shipping. Mr. Blaine also owns an interest in the Ben Harrison Mining Company, besides other mining property.

Fraternally, he is associated with the Eagles. He is an active Republican in politics and was county commissioner in New Mexico, and justice of the peace at Lakeside. He has always labored for better educational facili- ties and is a progressive man. To Mr. and Mrs. Blaine have been born these children, Georgia E., Agnes J., Albert C., Anna H. and Mabel M.

In the Apache wars in the southwest, Mr. Blaine enlisted as Captain in the Third New Mexico regiment. He was soon promoted as major of the regiment. They chased the In- dians and fought all through New Mexico, Arizona, Nevada and Old Mexico. Previous to this enlistment he was a scout under Gen- eral Buell, and was associated with the noted scout poet, Captain Jack Crawford, and here is where he received his soubriquet. "Apache Jim," and was known as a very successful and daring man. One day while sitting on a ledge with Mr. Crawford and others in the Black range discussing the proposition of sinking a shaft, Mr. Blaine jumped to his feet and as- suming a dramatic posture cried, "to sink or not to sink, that is the question," which so im- pressed Mr. Crawford that he composed a poem known as "The Prospector's Soliloquy." In this he refers to Mr. Blaine as a warm per- sonal friend and the one largely responsible for the production. Mr. Blaine is a man of practical experience and has shown himself to be progressive and public minded.

HON. EDMOND K. PENDERGAST was born on March 19, 1864. at Salisbury, Massachusetts, then removed with his parents to Hutchinson, Minnesota, when two years old,

where he grew to manhood. During the sum- mers he wrought at manual labor and the bal- ance of each year was spent in gaining a good education. After graduating from the Hutch- inson high school he taught school and worked on a farm eighteen months for the purpose of gaining means to secure a legal education. He graduated from the law department of the University of Michigan in 1889, and that year was admitted to the bar of Michigan by the supreme court. He has since been admitted to the bar of Washington. In September, 1889, Mr. Pendergast located in Spokane, Washing- ton, and since then he has actively engaged in the practice of law. In 1890, he settled in Waterville and there resided until 1902. While in Douglas county, he was appointed to the office of prosecuting attorney and twice subse- quently was elected to the same position. On one occasion his opponent was the Hon. M. B. Malloy, the present register of the United States land office in Waterville and now the Republican nominee for judge of the superior court of Chelan, Douglas, Ferry, and Okano- gan counties. In 1899, Mr. Pendergast was a member of the legislature from Douglas coun- ty, having defeated the Hon. W. F. Haynes for that office. He has also been mayor of Waterville, defeating Hon. P. E. Berry in the race.

On November 4. 1890, Judge Hanford ap- pointed our subject commissioner of the United States circuit court, for the district of Wash- ington, and he held the position for four years. He also served as city attorney for Waterville for nearly four years. On November 4. 1898, Governor Rogers appointed Mr. Pendergast lieutenant colonel of the National Guards and assigned him to the position of judge advocate of the first brigade of the state.

At the request of a number of influential citizens in Okanogan county, Mr. Pendergast located at Conconully in the fall of 1902 and accepted the nomination for prosecuting attor- ney on the Democratic ticket. He was prompt- ly elected to the position he now holds, his op- ponent being Ernest Peck, of the Okanogan county bar, an able and popular lawyer.

Edmond K. Pendergast is the eldest son of the late Hon. William Wirt Pendergast, for many years assistant and afterwards state su- perintendent of public instruction in the state of Minnesota and principal of the school of agriculture of that state. The mother of our

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subject was Abbie L. Pendergast. Edmond K. Pendergast married Miss Ida D. Knemeyer in 1893 and they have one son, Wirt Wendell, born March 2, 1895.

EDWARD F. WHITE. The men who make history are the men who do things, and in this worthy class it is proper to mention the subject of this article, who has led an ac- tive life in various places and is now one of the industrious and substantial citizens of Okano- gan county. He resides at Molson, and does a general blacksmithing business, while also he has a homestead near by which is being im- proved and cultivated.

Edward F. White was born in Lawrence, St. Lawrence county, New York, on January 7, 1862, the son. of Edward and Mary (Hurley) White, natives of Ireland, and now deceased. The father came here at the age of twenty-two, and died when seventy-eight. Our subject was well educated, especially along commercial lines, and also learned the black- smith trade before reaching his majority. Then he went to Michigan and in 1883 came to the state of Washington, locating at Vancouver, where he followed his trade. He assisted to install the machinery in one of the large mills there and later we find him at Northport, erect- ing the smelter. Sometime previous to this he was in the Carriboo and Fraser river district, and in fact has been in almost all of the promi- nent mines in British Columbia and Washing- ton. Mr. White has traveled from coast to coast in the U. S. twelve times. He is a man of broad experience and was one of the first pioneers in Grand Forks, where he followed blacksmithing and undertaking, and, as Mr. White remarks, his sign of undertaking and blacksmithing, was rather out of the ordinary. On April, 1900, Mr. White came to Molson and established a shop, and also located a homestead one-half mile east of the town. His farm is rich bunch grass land, and is improved with a house, outbuildings, fences and so forth. He has plenty of spring water, and also a fine lake near by. His ranch is known as the Black- smith Snowball Ranch. He handles, in addi- tion to this other enterprises, a band of cattle. Mr. White is a member of the A. F. & A. M. and the I. O. O. F. He is an active Republi-

can, and was deputy sheriff for Clarke county, Washington, for one term.

Mr. White is interested in mines in this state and in British Columbia. He and George Beaver discovered, about seven miles west of Molson, and after investigation, located one hundred and sixty acres of coal land. He pre- dicts it is of a good quality and although the vein is but eight inches across at the top, it widens very rapidly and indications are that there is a good deposit of coal on this land. Mr. White has made his present holdings en- tirely by his own efforts, and although he has met with many reverses during his life he is now a man of prosperity and means.

JOHN SCHAFER is one of the men who promptly stepped forward to fight back the hordes of Rebels when the Union was in danger of being rent asunder by treasonable men. He fought long and well, for which he deserves much credit. He is now a substantial citizen of Okanogan county, and resides one mile southwest from Kipling postoffice.

John Schafer was born on November 3, 1840, near Fulda, Germany, the son of Con- rad and Katherine Schafer. There were nine children in the family and part of the family came to the United States in 1856 and the bal- ance in 1857. Settlement was made in Mus- catine, Iowa, and the parents have died long since. Mr. Schafer received a good educa- tional training in the fatherland and was en- gaged for various employers in this country until the breaking out of the war, when he en- listed in Company A, Second Iowa Cavalry, under General Popc. He fought at New Madrid, Island Number 10, Fort Pillow, Shi- loh and Corinth. He was in almost constant service in various other battles and skirmishes, serving under Grant and Sheridan, and being severly wounded at the battle of Iuka. He was also at the second battle of Corinth. He fought and skirmished against Price, Chal- mers, Fitzhugh Lee, Forest and others, some- times being in almost constant service day and night. At the battle of Tripalo, Mississippi, he received a shot in his head and one in his right side and is carrying the bullet in his side yet. For two months he was in the hospital in Mem- phis, Tennessee, where he nearly lost his life.

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On many occasions Mr. Schafer was sur- rounded and in great peril from the enemy, but as he was a bold fighter, he always managed to escape. The scenes of blood and carnage be- came familiar to him and he endured all the great hardships of the soldier's life. At the end of his term of service he reenlisted and al- together was in active service four years. At the present time he is receiving a pension of seventeen dollars per monthı. In 1866 Mr. Schafer crossed the plains with ox teams to Salt Lake, then followed prospecting in Ari- zona and various other places. He did mining there for seven years, then went to Stekeen, Alaska, in 1874, after which he engaged in the stock business in western Oregon. In 1880 he went to Ainsworth, Wash- ington, and engaged in mercantile busi- ness. In all of his ventures he was successful. After this he was in Florence, Elk City, Oro- fino, and Coeur d'Alene, and did business in Moscow and was doing well until 1893, when the panic came, which involved him, and he lost his entire holdings. Upon the opening of the north half of the reservation, on February 20, 1896, he came hither and has remained here since. When settlement was allowed he took his present claim by soldier's homestead and has received a patent for the same. Mr. Schafer has a wife and one child, Pauline. The latter died on August 26, 1903, being a little past twelve years of age.

FRANK L. STANSBURY resides on his estate, which adjoins Oroville on the east. He settled here in 1892, when the town of Oro- ville was not yet started. Mr. Stansbury bought the right of a squatter to the land he now owns and filed a homestead. He at once began raising stock and has been very success- ful in that enterprise since.

Frank L. Stansbury was born June 22, 1861. in Franklin county, Indiana, the son of Thomas M. and Samantha ( Hollowell) Stans- bury, also natives of Franklin county, and now living on the old homestead there. To them were born seven children as follows: Edward; Frank L., our subject; Mrs. Estella Mortes- head: Pearl A., deceased: Peter; Joseph R .: and Herbert A. Our subject was educated in his native place, and grew to manhood on the

farm with his parents. At the age of twenty- one he visited Kansas, Oklahoma, Nebraska and Missouri. He then returned to Mason county, Illinois, and bought a farm. There he remained until the fall of 1890, when he came west to Centralia, Washington. He spent some time in that vicinity, but decided that the Okanogan country would suit him better and consequently came hither as stated above. After taking a homestead and engaging in stock business, he built a large hotel in Oro- ville in the spring of 1893. Later he sold this and gave his whole attention to raising stock. He has exceptionally good hay land and his farm is well improved.

Mr. Stansbury married Miss Elizabeth M. Yeardsley, in Mason county, Illinois. Her parents were Royal and M. Josie Yeardsley, the former deceased and the latter living in Oroville. To Mr. and Mrs. Stansbury four children have been born: Earl T., Leslie, El- mer, and Daisy E. When Mr. Stansbury first came here, there were but few settlers in this vicinity. He has shown a real pioneer spirit and commendable industry, and has achieved great success while he is to be credited for his efforts in upbuilding the country.

JAMES O. BURDETT is deputy sheriff in Okanogan county and resides at Conconully. He owns a fine large estate in the Okanogan valley, at the mouth of Loop Loop creek. It is well improved and returns fine dividends in crops and stock.

James O. Burdett was born in Mason coun- ty, Ohio, on July 3, 1868, the son of Joshua and Louisa (Hannes) Burdett, natives of Ohio. The father died in West Virginia in May, 1901, aged ninety-three, and the mother died in Ma- rion, Ohio, in November, 1902, aged seventy- one. Our subject has one brother, William S .. of Marion county. Ohio. When James O. was six years old, the family went to West Vir- ginia. and he remained there with his parents until 1885, in which year he traveled to Buffalo Gap. South Dakota. He did railroad work there two years and then went to Cheyenne. Wyom- ing. after which he went to New Mexico and was foreman in the construction department of the Denver and Fort Worth railroad. After this Mr. Burdett returned to Ohio and was sec-

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ond master on a river boat until December, 1890, when he went to Bear river, Utah, and was foreman in the construction of a large canal. Later, he was in the same capacity on different canals in the vicinity of Boise, Idaho. Next we see him handling men on the grades of the Great Northern at Bonners Ferry. He also operated for that company at Hillyard, there being no houses at that point then. Through the Big Bend country he also contrac- ted on the same railroad. After this he freight- ed from Coulee City to the Cascades and in 1892 brought fruit into Conconully. He bought a ranch near Oroville but soon sold it and bought his present place of over three hun- dred acres. Mr. Burdett was deputy sheriff under H. H. Nickell, and has also served in other official capacities in the county.

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Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 103

Author: Publication date: 1904 Publisher: Spokane, Wash. : Western History Number of Pages: 992

Author:
Publication date: 1904
Publisher: Spokane, Wash. : Western History
Number of Pages: 992