Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 109

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Publication date: 1904
Publisher: Spokane, Wash. : Western History
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Mr. Reilly states that in the earlier days of the county's existence the Indians were at times very hostile. On one occasion they took him and beat him over the head until he became un- conscious and would have killed him had not some other Indians interfered. Once they sur- rounded his house and fired several shots into it and then broke in and stole a suit of clothes and a watch. Mr. Reilly had anticipated the at- tack and was secreted near by. The following day these Indians attacked a freighter, named Cole, a man of family, while in his camp and killed him and stole his goods. This was three miles from Mr. Reilly's house. A posse was soon raised which pursued and punished the Indians. This was known as the "Cole mur- der." Game was plentiful in those days and Mr. Reilly states that whenever he needed fresh meat he could secure a deer in a very short time. In addition to his farm Mr. Reilly owns a large band of cattle as well as horses. He lost heavily during the winter of 1889-90. on account of the storms and excessive cold. Mr. Reilly is a good, substantial man and still one of the jolly bachelors of the county.

CHARLES R. MCKINLEY. M. D. There is something in the human breast that always finds expression in words of approval and commendation when one is brought face to face with a person who has entered the struggle of life young and has, unaided, made his way to a good standing in one of the lead- ing professions. Dr. Mckinley is certainly

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deserving of much encomium for the manly way in which he has met the obstacles and hardships that beset the path of the aspiring youth who would gain the upper rounds of the ladder by his own efforts. Left fatherless at a tender age he was industrious in gaining a good literary education from the high school and state normal at Centerville and Ypsilanti, Michigan. At the age of eighteen he received his diploma from the state normal and in Au- gust, 1893, he arrived in Spokane, Washing- ton, with ten dollars in cash. He soon secured the position of assistant principal in the Sprague high school where he taught with ex- cellent success. In the fall of 1895 he entered the medical department of the Oregon Uni- versity at Portland and studied for three years. Then he commenced practice at Reardan, Washington, whence he shortly went to Edwall and there operated a drug store and gained a fine practice. In 1900 he returned to the medi- cal college and received in the following spring his degree of Doctor of Medicine. After an- other year's practice in Edwall he repaired to Brewster, opened a drug store and commenced the practice of medicine. Unbounded success has rewarded the wise efforts of Dr. Mckinley and he stands at the head of a thriving practice today. In addition to his drug store at Brew- ster he has one at Bridgeport, Washington. He carries a large and well assorted stock and is doing a fine business. Dr. Mckinley is also a registered pharmacist of the state of Wash- ington.

Charles R. Mckinley was born in the south of Michigan on August 7, 1873, the son of Archie and Jennie D. (Thoms) Mckinley, also natives of the same state. The father died when our subject was but a small child, and the mother now resides at Ypsilanti, Mich- igan. Dr. Mckinley has one brother, Archie G., of New York state.

The marriage of Dr. Mckinley and Miss Eunice Hinkley was celebrated on October 25, 1900. Mrs. McKinley's father, Joseph Hink- ley, is deceased, while her mother, Eunice ( Col- burn) Hinkley, is living at Edwall with two daughters, Stella and Nita. Dr. Mckinley is a member of the K. P. and the Red Men. In 1898 he was elected coroner of Lincoln county and served in that capacity for two years.

A thorough knowledge of the profession. manifestation of upright principles and. integ-

rity, together with conscientious attention to every detail of business, has given Dr. McKin- ley a standing with the people and a lucrative practice, which he justly deserves. Not con- tent with simply having his degree from the medical college, he has given good attention to close and careful reading in every department of the profession which keeps him abreast with the advancing times and in possesion of the rapidly accumulating knowledge that has placed the medical profession at the head of the scientific world today.

THOMAS M. MURRAY, who is now numbered with the leading and progressive citizens of Okanogan county is a man of great experience in the ways of the world, having traveled much and wrought at various occupa- tions in many places. He is at present living on the homestead which he took in 1887, about one mile up the river from where Malott stands. The farm is a good one and is skillfully hand- led to general crops and fruit. Mr. Murray also raises some stock and is known as one of the prosperous men of the valley. He has shown real wisdom and enterprise in the fruit business, having an orchard of over three thousand bearing trees of every variety that does well in this latitude. He ships to various points and produces some of the finest fruit to be seen in this part of the state.

Thomas W. Murray was born in Ireland on December 20, 1836, the son of Michael and Anna (Maloy) Murray, both natives also of that country. The parents were descended from the true Celtic stock and were able to talk the mother tongue. They came to Canada, settling near Ottawa and there reared their children, who are named as follows: John, Garrett, Bridget, Maggie, Mary, and our suh- ject. Thomas M. On October 4, 1862, Mr. Murray was married to Miss Nora Ring, a native of Canada. Her parents, Edmund and Ellen (Roche) Ring, are both deceased. In 1866 Mr. Murray came to Chicago and then journeyed to Kansas. Later he returned to Canada and then brought his family on to Chi- cago. After this he removed to Duluth, Min- nesota, and worked on railroad bridge work. Soon after we find him farming the prairies of Minnesota, but when the grasshoppers ate

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his crops he removed to the vicinity of Council Bluffs, Iowa, where he had his property washed out by a flood. Then he fitted up a team and came overland to Denver, Colorado. After mining some time there he did construction work on the South Park railroad, and after its completion received a free pass to the Ore- gon Short Line and stopped at American Falls. Later he came on to Boise and in 1883 he made his way to Umatilla county, Oregon. He left Boise in January, and on account of the deep snow stopped over in Weiser, where his young- est child was born. He located a preemption on Camas prairie, but later sold it on account of not liking the country. He journeyed on until he reached Okanogan county in February, 1887, and in the following April located his present place. He was well pleased with both the country and the climate and since those early days Mr. Murray has constantly devoted himself to the improvement and culture of his estate. The farm is located on the west bank of the Okanogan and is a beautiful and valu- able place. In addition to the enterprises al- ready mentioned Mr. Murray raises consider- able stock and is a prosperous man.

To Mr. and Mrs. Murray ten children have been born, named as follows: Michael E., at Priest River, Idaho; Clement J., a mining ex- pert ; Ambrose R., a miner; Sarsefield, a miner; Ellen: Mary; Thomas J .; Angela; Teresa ; and Maggie.

GEORGE H. NOYES was born in Springfield, Massachusetts, on March 31, 1851. His great grandfathers on both sides were pa- triots in the Revolution, and the family was always identified with the American cause. Both of his grandfathers were in the war of 1812. The father removed from Stonington, Connecticut to Springfield in 1830, and was well known as a conductor on the Western Railroad. Our subject was educated in the public schools of his native place and commenced business as a newsboy. On account of the great demand for papers during those war times he did a large business, selling as high as five hundred papers a day. He sold the Republican at the corner of the Chestnut street crossing with the railroad and later was employed on the mailing department of that paper. During his last

year of high school he and A. B. Harris as- sociated themselves in partnership and opened a job printing office. Later he worked in the Republican job office and learned the business thoroughly. In 1871 Mr. Noyes entered part- nership with C. W. Atwood in the job printing business and continued for ten years. Then he sold to his partner and accepted the position of superintendent of the printing department of the Springfield Printing Company and three years later resigned on account of ill health. Three years were spent in recruiting, and in April, 1888, in company with the late J. A. Loomis, Mr. Noyes migrated to Okanogan county and located a general merchandise store at Loomis, which town they established. The business increased from seven hundred and seventy-seven dollars in May, 1888, to over seventy thousand in the year ending March, 1892. Upon their location here it cost twelve and one-half cents to get letters from Spokane to Conconully and from that place to Loomis was as much more until Mr. Noyes succeeded in getting a postoffice established, with himself as postmaster. On October I, 1894, Mr. Noyes sold his interest to Mr. Loomis and since then he has been acting as justice of the peace and notary public, and also was recently appointed United States land commissioner. He has always been identified with political matters here and has been five times chosen chairman of the Republican coun- ty convention. Roads were built here by sub- scription, and Mr. Noyes has always been a liberal donator to this good purpose as well as laboring for good educational facilities. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and in 1880 became a K. T.

Mr. Noyes is one of the earliest pioneers and has always maintained a high standing among the people. He has many friends and is a good substantial citizen.

HIRAM A. WILDER, who resides eleven miles north from Conconully at the Northland gold and copper mines, is deputy sheriff of Okanogan county. He was born on December 9. 1867. in Rice county, Minnesota, the son of Hiram K. and Jerusia M. (Ripley) Wilder, na- tives of New York and Ohio, respectively. The the father was a pioneer in Illinois, Wisconsin,

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and Minnesota and dwelt on the frontier when he had to go one hundred miles to market. He enlisted in the Thirty-seventh Minnesota Volunteers in March, 1862, as a private, and was promoted to captain of his company before his discharge. He served in the south, and later under General Sibley in subduing the Sioux Indians in Minnesota. The mother is a descendant of the Cush- mans, who landed at Plymouth Rock in 1620. Her grandfather was general Joseph Rip- ley, a patriot in the Revolution. In May 1870, the parents crossed the plains with ox teams to California and thence to Albany, Ore- gon. In 1872, they came to Walla Walla, our subject walking and driving a band of cattle all the way. Settlement was made where Mil- ton now stands, and they own a large property in that state. At the age of sixteen our sub- ject began his career as cowboy, and in 1878 fought all through the Bannock Indian war. On one occasion he was with one hundred and fifty cowboys who held at bay five hundred Indians, nineteen of the cowboys being killed and our subject receiving two bullet wounds in the calf of the leg. In 1880 he went to Healdsburg College, California, and worked his way through, graduating in 1885. He was class orator at the commencement and com- pleted his course with honor. Returning to Pendleton, Mr. Wilder was the principal of the Pendleton academy and commercial college

for two years, then taught in the Milton acad- emy. Later he farmed in the Cold Springs district and failed on account of the drouth. In 1889 we find him engaged in the real estate business in Spokane where he did well until the panic, then lost heavily. After this he went to Davenport, and in a wrestling match lost his right eye. About the time that he came to Spokane, Mr. Wilder was a lecturer for the Re- ligious Liberty Association of Washington, D. C., and spoke every night, besides three times on Sunday, from May until December, arguing that church and state should be separate. In 1891 Mr. Wilder came to the Okanogan coun- try and took charge of the Peacock mines for some Spokane people. One year later he called the first meeting of the Populists, organized a party, and stumped the county. In 1894, Mr. Wilder visited his people in Oregon, and took charge of the Elk City placer on the John Day, and also of other mining work in that section.

He is now the largest stockholder in the Northi- land Gold and Copper Mining Company, the other shareholders living in Walla Walla. Mr. F. S. Dement is president, J. C. Hockett, vice- president, and C. M. Rader, secretary and treasurer. They have over one thousand feet of shaft and tunneling, and the property will soon be a divided payer. Mr. Wilder has been deputy assessor twice, in addition to holding other offices. He is a member of the W. W., and the Eagles.

On June 14, 1893, Mr. Wilder married Miss Mary B., daughter of Layton S. and Helen (Snyder) Baldwin, natives of New York. The father was captain all through the Civil War, and is now deputy mining surveyor of Idaho, Oregon, and Washington, and lives at Boise. The mother is a descendant of old Puritan stock, and came with her husband across the plains twenty-five years ago. Mr. and Mrs. Wilder have three children, Helen E., born in July, 1898; Jermaine E., born July 17, 1900; and Dorothy L., born September 28. 1902. Mr. Wilder is a stanch Democrat, and has been chairman of the county central com- mittee several times. He was a delegate to the national state Democratic convention held at Spokane in 1900. He is a prominent man of good standing in the county.

LYMAN W. WILLARD, M. D. This popular physician of Loomis needs no introduc- tion to the people of Okanogan county. His excellent success in the important profession of medicine is the best encomium that could be granted by any man. In addition to handling a large practice, the doctor is owner and opera- tor of a first-class drug store on the main street of Loomis, where he enjoys a fine patronage.

Lyman W. Willard was born in Oswego, New York on December 8, 1842. His father, Dr. Rowland Willard, was born at Fort Ann, New York, in 1794, being a man of established ability and having a most interesting career. It is quite in place to note some of the salient points of the same. Dr. R. Willard was a de- scendant of the noted Simon Willard, who came from England to the colonies in the sev- enteenth century. He grew up on a farm. without education, and at the age of twenty- one was unable to write his name. Then he

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commenced to study. He went west about this time and located at St. Charles, Missouri, and there rented a dwelling to a physician with whom he became interested in the study of medicine. In due time he entered the Jefferson Medical College at Philadelphia and took his degree in 1829. He rode a mule the entire dis- tance from that state to Chihuahua, Mexico, and there established a practice. For eight years he did a magnificent business in his pro- fession. On account of a revolution and the Americans being ordered from the country, he departed with his equipment and gold. It was a considerable sum, packed on five mules. He started north and located at Covington, Ken- tucky, where he owned an estate and had an extensive practice. He built a Baptist college and endowed it. Owing to his strong aboli- tionist principles he went to Cincinnati, Ohio, and practiced medicine. There he started the first wholesale drug store west of the Alle- ghany mountains. Failing health caused him to sell this property and he went to Indiana, where he bought a section of land from three ' Indians and started the town of Oswego. He built grist mills and saw mills and operated a large farm, besides practicing medicine. His house was a station on the underground rail- way and many thrilling adventures occurred. When the railroad came through his section the town of Warsaw was established and ow- ing to the treachery of his partner the doctor was caused the loss of about fifty thousand dol- lars. He then removed to Warsaw and started life again without means. He practiced there until 1860, then went to New Jersey and finally returned to Haddonfield, New Jersey, having become a wealthy man. The last twenty years of his life were spent in retirement, and he died in 1884 aged ninety. In 1832, at Cincinnati, Ohio, the doctor had married Miss Elizabeth Borland, a native of Orange county, New York. She is still living at the old home place in Haddonfield in her ninetieth year. Since sixteen years of age she has been a devoted Christian, and in addition to much labor in the cause, she has been a correspondent of several religious journals in the United States and England.

Our subject has two brothers, Dr. Nelson L., who practiced dentistry in London fifteen years and is now following his profession in Washington, D. C .; Rowland, a druggist in

Haddonfield, New Jersey. Our subject began his education at Warsaw, Indiana, and continued until he had graduated in the Trenton normal school in New Jersey. Then came three years of careful study of medicine under a preceptor, and in 1866 he entered the medical college at Philadelphia, whence he graduated four years later. Eight years were spent in practice in the oil region in Pennsylvania, then he re- moved to Silver Cliff, Colorado, and followed his profession, after which he came to Sara- toga Springs, New York and practiced medi- cine. In 1884 he located in Spokane and one year later went to Goldendale, Washington where he practiced until 1889. At that time he was appointed surgeon for the Washington Central railroad after which he started a drug business at Coulee City. Later he came to Ruby and engaged in the drug business there until the mines shut down, and in 1884 he located in Loomis and at once opened a drug store and began practice. He has been very successful, both in his practice and in his drug business and is one of the prominent men of the county. Dr. Willard has a lovely resi- dence, besides other property. Owing to the failure of his eye sight he has given up some of his practice but is still very active.

On October 14, 1885, Dr. Willard married Miss Elizabeth Canfield. He and his wife are members of the Presbyterian church, while fra- ternally he is affiliated with the A. F. & A. M., and the W. W.

Since the above was written, Dr. Willard has passed away. His death occurred on Sep- tember 28, 1903, at Loomis, and he was sin- cerely mourned by a large circle of friends. He was buried under the auspices of the W. W., Loomis Camp, No. 591, and this order is erect- ing a monument to his memory.

HENRY DOHENY is a prosperous stock- man whose residence is on his estate of two hundred acres, five miles east from Conconully. He has shown himself a man of excellent re- sources and possessed of good executive ability, in that he has made his present gratifying hold- ings by his own labors and wise management since coming to this section, inasmuch as he had no capital at the start.

Henry Doheny was born in Sibley county,

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Minnesota, on July 14, 1868, the son of Pat- rick and Mary (Carey) Doheny, natives of Pennsylvania. The father served three years in the Civil War under General Sibley, being engaged most of the time in quelling the mur- derous Sioux in Minnesota and on the bor- ders. He and his wife are now living retired in Sibley county, Minnesota. His uncles, Thomas and Walter, were the first settlers in the Minnesota valley. Our subject grew up on a Minnesota farm and gained his educational training from the public schools and also per- fected himself in the carpenter trade. In the spring of 1889, he came to Conconully, and took up prospecting. This was continued un- til 1895, when he purchased a band of cattle and since that time has devoted his time and ener- gies to raising cattle. He makes a specialty of handling beef cattle and has a nice band now. He bought the improvements of a squatter on his present place and has increased to two hun- dred acres. The farm is all fenced and well cultivated and has improvements as house, good barn, outbuildings, orchard, and other acces- sories belonging to a first class general and stock farm.

Mr. Doheny married Miss Julia Monahan, a native of Sibley county, on November 20, 1895. Her father, John Monahan, was born in Pennsylvania and is now deceased. The mother, Ann (Wier) Monahan, is now living in Sibley county. She was born in Pennsyl- vania. Mr. Doheny went east to claim his bride and since her marriage, Mrs. Doheny has made one visit east to see her mother. Mr. and Mrs. Doheny had four children; Homer J., born October 29, 1896; Willfred A., born May 5, 1898; Edmund R., born November 19, 1'900; Henry, born July 14, 1902, now deceased. Mr. Doheny is a member of the W. W. and is, active in political matters. He was deputy sheriff un- der Mr. Nickell here and is one of the reliable and well esteemed men of the county.

LLOYD BEALL came to Okanogan county in 1886 and located a farm where he now lives, ten miles southwest of Loomis. His place is situated in Horse Springs coulee and he was the first settler there. In those early days he packed his supplies from Sprague, hav- ing to swim the animals across the Columbia.

He has labored well since and is now one of the prosperous stock men of the county.

Lloyd Beall was born in St. Joseph, Miss- ouri, on October 3, 1841, the son of Lloyd and Elizabeth (Keyes) Beall, natives of Tennessee and Alabama, respectively. The father was born in 1803 and came to Missouri in 1830 then crossed the plains with ox teams to Cali- fornia in 1849. He then engaged in stock raising until 1873, the time of his death. He preceded his family to the coast with the ex- pectation that when he had secured a place his family would follow him but soon after his departure, his wife sickened and died. Our subject received his education in the log cabin school house and in August, 1861, enlisted in Company F, Tenth Kansas Infantry. He was in the frontier army and first smelt gunpowder in a battle between Lane's forces and Price's army at Fort Scott, Kansas. From that time until the close of the war, he was in almost constant fighting and skirmishing. They fought the James boys and their posse was constantly in action with the bushwhackers. He fought his final battle under General Blount at Prairie Grove, Arkansas. He was mustered out at Fort Leavenworth, in 1864, and at once re-enlisted. In this capacity, his last battle was at the Little Blue river, against Price. Mr. Beall endured great hardship as a soldier, being frequently far from the base of supplies and being forced to sleep in the mud with scant supplies and often times with- out food. His clothes were frequently pierced with bullets and at one time he was knocked down by a cannon ball, but was never wounded. Many fell at his side. He was called to be especially among the dead and the dying but he was preserved through it all. Afterwards, he entered the employ of the government as teamster and drove a six mule outfit to Fort Union thence to New Mexico. After that, he went via Denver and Salt Lake City to California to visit his father, whom he had not seen for eight years. He arrived there on August 8, 1867 and from that time until 1880, he did stock raising then he met with reverses and came to Walla Walla and went to work for Tom Page. Here he worked for a dollar a day, putting in sixteen hours. Later he was foreman and did railroading on the Northern Pacific. Then he came to Okano- gan county, where his brother was and in the

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spring of 1882, returned to railroading then started a butcher shop in Wardner, the first in that place. As stated above, it was in 1886, when he located in Okanogan county. He has now a fine estate, supplied with valuable im- provements and irrigating water. Mr. Beall has never seen fit to launch his craft on the matrimonial sea but is quite content with the more passive joys of the jolly bachelor.

ADELBERT G. EDWARDS is to be classed as one of the intelligent and progressive mining men in the vicinity of Molson. He was born on August 27, 1850, in Dallas county, Alabama, the son of Cyril R. and Susan (Rey- nolds) Edwards. The father was born in Ken- tucky and was killed at the battle of Chancel- lorsville, being Lieutenant Colonel of the Four- teenth Alabama Cavalry. He had participated in many battles of the war and met his death in active service. Under President Buchanan he had been consul to Brazil and was a promi- nent citizen. His wife was born in the state of New York and is now living in Providence, Rhode Island, in her eighty-first year. Our subject's grandfather, Jonathan Edwards, was in the battle of New Orleans, under General Jackson. He lived to be ninety-nine years and nine months of age. Our subject's great-grand- father, also Jonathan Edwards, was one of the two first senators from Kentucky, when it was admitted into the union. The ancestors came to the colonies in 1648, from Monmouthshire, South Wales. Our subject remained in Ala- bama until he was eight years of age and then went with his mother to Providence, Rhode Is- land, where he grew up and received his edu- cation. He also learned the machinist's trade during his youth. In 1872, he went to Texas and became a cowboy. Fourteen years later we find him in the San Juan country in Colo- rado, mining. He also followed that occupa- tion in New Mexico and Arizona and located some of the famous mines in that country. He had many fights with the Apaches and endured much hardship incident to mining and pros- pecting in those dry and hot countries. On one occasion he was without water for three days, in intense heat. In 1875, Mr. Edwards came · to Butte, Montana, thence to Rossland and later to Greenwood and other places in British Col-

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Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 109

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