Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 125

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Publication date: 1904
Publisher: Spokane, Wash. : Western History
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Thomas W. Musgrove, until 1889, made his home in Canada, and received an excellent classical and professional education. He was graduated from the high and normal schools, taught school seven years, and then matricu- lated in the medical department of the Ann Arbor, Michigan, University, probably the best medical preparatory department in the United States. His medical studies were completed at Harvard College, from which he was grad- uated with honors in 1871. Returning to Canada he continued his practice for eight years at Salisbury and Wickham. New Bruns- wick, going thence to New York, where he took a post-graduate course in the College of Physicians and Surgeons, New York City. He

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located at St. John's, New Brunswick, but ow- ing to ill health-asthma-he came to the Puget Sound country, where he has remained ever since. He practiced twelve years in Tacoma, Puyallup and Fairhaven. He is a member of the Pierce County, Washington, Medical So- ciety, was for two years health officer of Puyal- lup, and was secretary of the New Brunswick Medical Society four years. He was, also, assistant surgeon of the New Brunswick militia one year, and director of the Union Bap- tist Seminary, New Brunswick, located at St. Martins. He has three brothers, George N., A. Coburn and L. Carlton, and three sisters, Eleanor A. Thorn, Maggie Killam and Henri- etta.

Mr. Musgrove has been married three times, in 1865 to Miss Mary J. Redstone, who died in February, 1878; in 1879 to Miss Kate A. Taylor, who died in 1884, and in 1886 to Miss Matilda S. Olive, now with him. He is the father of seven daughters, Ettie E. Short, Estella A. Bart, Adrianna McNaughton, Nellie J., single, M. Isabel, Hilda M. and Helen S. Mr. Musgrove was married to Miss Olive at St. John, New Brunswick, January 3, 1886. She is a daughter of Isaac J. Olive, who died September 23, 1900. Her mother, Harriet Olive, is still living at the age of eighty-seven years. She has two brothers, Herbert J., men- tioned elsewhere, and George L., a "deep sea" sailor, and one sister, Anna T., lives with her.

GEORGE H. GRAY, one of the progres- sive and influential business men of the Entiat country, senior member of the firm of Gray & Son, resides at Entiat, Chelan county. He was born in Penobscot county, Maine, November 6, 1834, the son of Horatio and Eliza (Maddin) Gray, both natives of Maine. Horatio, the father of our subject, descendant of an old New England family, divided his time between farm- ng and lumbering. The father of Eliza Gray was a non-commissioned officer in the Revolu- tionary War, serving seven years.

George H. Gray was reared in Maine until the age of twenty, when he went to New Brunswick, Canada, where he remained fifteen years, engaged in the lumber business, conduct- ing a saw mill ten years. Following one year in the fish business, at Warren, Rhode Island, he went to Anoka, Minnesota, where he was in

the lumber business three years, going thence to Pierce City, Idaho, where he engaged for one year in mining, and was five years in the lumber industry. In 1884 he went to Puget Sound, remained one season, and then came to Spokane and opened a fish market. He then located in Chelan county, twelve years ago, and for several years following engaged in logging. Twelve years since he purchased a mill and is now cutting twenty thousand feet of lumber daily. He owns one hundred and sixty acres on the Entiat river where he cultivates one hun- dred acres, raising hay, principally. The firm owns about four thousand acres of timber land on the Entiat and also a fine mill site.

Our subject was married in New Bruns- wick, Canada, to Cassella Baker, daughter of Prince and Sarah (Waldron) Baker. Mrs. Gray has two brothers and two sisters. Mr. and Mrs. Gray have nine children living, Horatio, Charles E., Captain Isaac B., George W., Min- nie, wife of J. D. Bonar, foreman for the En- tiat Improvement Company; Eliza, widow of Charles Bonnington, and now postmistress at Entiat ; Harriet, attending school at Tacoma; Orofino, with her brother-in-law, at Bonner ; and Ida, residing at home.

Politically Mr. Gray is a Republican, but never neglects business for politics.

CHARLES NORTHUP is one of the younger men of Chelan county, who are achiev- ing by dint of industry and wise management a fine success in general farming and stock rais- ing. His estate of two hundred and forty acres, lies about six miles up Chumstick creek from Leavenworth and is a valuable place. He has begun improvements in various lines and will make his place one of the valuable ones of this section.

Charles Northup was born in Marion county, Iowa, on June 2, 1873, the son of Ed- ward and Emily (Gunter) Northup, both na- tives of Ireland. The first fourteen years of the life of our subject were spent in his native place, where he gained a good education and assisted his father in farming. In 1887 the family came to Roseburg, Oregon, and after one year jour- neyed to the Chumstick valley. The father took a quarter section and purchased three quarters more and is now living here, one of the leading and substantial men of this part of the county.

MRS. GEORGE H. GRAY.

GEORGE H. GRAY.

CHARLES NORTHUP.

GEORGE E. COTTRELL.

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The experiences of Mr. Northup in the early days of the settlement in the Chumstick valley are interesting. The winters were long and he and his neighbors could get to market only about six or seven months during the year. The nearest trading point was Ellensburg, about seventy-five miles distant. Wild game was abundant, including deer, bear, and goats. Mr. Northup was a pretty fair rifle shot and used to keep his folks in wild meat most of the time. The first few years of his life in this vicinity were spent in trapping. The animals which he trapped for fur were beaver, otter. lynx, wolverine, martin, fisher, wildcat, and mink. A room in Mr. Northup's house, in which he takes a special pride, is one decorated with fifteen pairs of fine deer horns.

Our subject has the following brothers and sisters : Malon, Ivan, John, Zola, wife of Max Stromburg, living on the Chumstick; Lela, at- tending school at Vancouver. Our subject is a member of the A. O. U. W. and is a good, solid Republican. Thus far in his career, he has traveled as a bachelor, not assuming the responsibilities of matrimonial life.

GEORGE E. COTTRELL, of Lakeside, Chelan county, was born in Erie county Penn- sylvania, July 14, 1860. Professionally he is a designer and boatbuilder, and conducts a suc- cessful business in this line in the lake country. His parents, David H. and Mary J. (Hare) Cottrell, are also natives of the Keystone state. The father is a descendant of Eber Cottrell, who came to America early in the seventeenth century. David H. Cottrell, who is an archi- tect, now lives at Hagerstown, Maryland. The mother of our subject is descended from Mich- ael Hare, who came from Waterford, Ireland, about 1680, and settled on Lake Champlain, later removing to Waterford, Pennsylvania, where he lived to the advanced age of one hun- dred and sixteen years. He was the earliest pioneer in that section, and a monument is erected in his memory at that place. The mother of Mary J. Cottrell still resides in Waterford township at the age of eighty-six years, an ac- tive, energetic old lady. Her daughter, the mother of our subject, lives with her.

George E. Cottrell remained in Pennsyl- vania until seventeen years of age, graduating from the high school of Union City. Two years

he followed the lakes as a sailor, and then en- listed in the regular army, at Harrisburg, Au- gust 19, 1879. At first he was stationed at David's Island, New York harbor, thence go- ing to Fort Snelling, Minnesota, and in May, 1880, joined his regiment at Fort Assinniboine, Montana. In August, 1884, he returned to Pennsylvania, and was there employed in a flouring mill, going thence to Denver, Colorado, remaining but three months, and then coming to Spokane, where he worked in the Echo mills until the great fire. Following this disaster he engaged in contracting and building, and in 1891 secured the contract for building a hotel at Chelan Falls, the edifice being owned by L. MacLean, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere. In 1892 Mr. Cottrell built the Chelan school house, and the same year he brought his family to Lakeside where they have since remained. He built the North Star and Alex Griggs, Co- lumbia river boats, and a number of other craft, having been identified, more or less, with the building of the entire lake fleet, besides many launches, canoes, row and sail boats, also the auditorium and school house. He is a mem- ber of the auditorium company.

Mr. Cottrell has one brother, Clarence H., and one sister, Martha, widow of N. L. Braun. The latter for many years was a non-commis- sioned officer in the regular. army, and con- tracted a fever at Manila from which he died at the Presidio, San Francisco, in 1899.

December 16, 1886, our subject was united in marriage to Lydia Anderson, a native of Stockholm, Sweden. The ceremony was per- formed at Jamestown, New York. She died September 23, 1894. , His second marriage took place at Dayton, Washington, June II, 1896, the bride being Kate Fite, a native of Illinois. Her parents were born in the same state, and at present reside at Dayton, Wash- ington. Mr. and Mrs. Cottrell have three chil- dren, George M., Preston F. and Milton. Po- litically our subject is a Democrat, is active in campaigns as business will permit, and has on several occasions been delegate to county con- ventions.

FRANK S. TAYLOR, postmaster of Leavenworth, Chelan county, was born in Indi- ana, March 20, 1853. His parents were both natives of New York, his grandfather, John

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having been a soldier in the War of 1812. His great-grandfather, on his father's side, was a Revolutionary patriot. Silas S. Taylor, his father, was for many years a leading physician. His father was a blacksmith by trade, but was also a devout and consistent Methodist Epis- copalian clergyman. Silas S. Taylor died in Fayette county, Iowa, in February, 1866. His wife, the mother of our subject, Esther ( Came) Taylor, passed away in Iowa in 1870.

Our subject was educated in Indiana, at- tending the public schools until the age of thirteen years. He then removed to Iowa, where he lived until the age of twenty-eight, learning during this time the jeweler's trade. Failure of his health compelled him to seek outdoor employment, and for the nine years subsequent he followed railroad business. Again becoming identified with the jewelry trade, he opened a store at Glasgow, Montana. where he remained five years, going thence to Leavenworth, Chelan county, in 1893, where he now conducts a jewelry and watchmaking establishment. December 30, 1902, he was appointed postmaster.

Mr. Taylor has three brothers and one half- sister, Edward J., Charles L. and Arthur W., residents of Iowa, and Mary, wife of Byron McClure, of Michigan.

December 27. 1892, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to Emma Denwayes, a native of St. John, New! Brunswick. The ceremony was performed in Minneapolis, Minnesota. Mr. Taylor has two children by his first wife, their names are Clinton L. and Minnie M.

Mr. Taylor is a prominent member of the Independent Order of Foresters, and at present is district deputy, high chief ranger and senior woodward of the high court. He is also chief ranger of Court Icicle, No. 3553, of Leaven- worth, Washington.

Politically he is a Republican, has been delegate to numerous county conventions, and at present is precinct committeeman. In his party affiliations he is an ardent and enthusi- astic worker.

JAMES REA resides one mile southeast of Wenatchee, Chelan county, where he is engaged successfully in fruit growing. He is a native Oregonian, having been born at Auburn, Baker county, June 15, 1865. His father, James M.

Rea, crossed the plains in 1849 to California, and in 1862 went to Baker City, Oregon, where he engaged in mining on Griffin's Gulch. He remained in this vicinity until his death, April 4. 1901. The mother, Mary M. (Ridgeway) Rea, is a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, and at present resides at Baker City.

With the exception of four years passed in Idaho, our subject lived in the place of his nativity, where he teamed, attended public school and high school, conducted a stage line from Baker City to Baizley, the Elkhorn mines and other points, until the fall of 1892, when he came to Wenatchee. Here he engaged in farming and teaming and in 1900 purchased his present home. He had taken up eighty acres of land, which, in 1894, he sold, owing to a mineral contest, gold having been found in this locality.

Our subject has three brothers and two sisters living, Frank, George and Edward, at Baker City, or its immediate vicinity, Jennie, wife of William Crouter, a Baker county min- ing man, and Josephine, single, a student and teacher of music, Kansas City, Missouri.

At Baker City, Oregon, December 18. 1898, Mr. Rea was married to Dora Wheeler, daugh- ter of Peter and Alethia Wheeler, mentioned in another portion of this work. They have two children, Evelyn and Willie.

Politically independent is Mr. Rea, and at present he holds the office of road supervisor.

DAVID TREADWELL, farmer and fruit- raiser, residing near Mission, Chelan county, was born in Chambers county, Alabama, Feb- ruary 22, 1851. His father, Henry R. Tread- well, was a native of Georgia, and served in the confederate army during the Civil War. His grandfather was in the battle of New Orleans. where he was taken prisoner by the British and recaptured by his own forces the next day. Henry R. Treadwell died at Port Angels. Washington, in March, 1901. The mother of our subject, Mary ( Richards) Treadwell, was also born in Georgia, dying in Klickitat county, Washington, in 1893.

Our subject was raised in Alabama until he was twenty-three years of age, working on farms and attending district schools. His father owned two sections of land and twelve

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slaves, cultivating cotton and corn. Going to Texas in search of a location, young Treadwell traveled four months, and finally returned to Alabama, and in 1874 went to another county, remaining two years, thence to Shackleford county for three years, and then to Klickitat county, Washington, making a five years' stay. In 1887 our subject and his family came to Mission, Chelan county, where he purchased one hundred and sixty acres of land from the Northern Pacific Railroad Company, paying for it ten dollars an acre. This property was contested in the land office, but Mr. Treadwell finally won out.

At present he cultivates one hundred acres, fifty acres of which is irrigated. He has twenty-five acres in orchard, five acres bearing fruit. He devotes considerable attention to other diversified farming. He has one brother and one sister, Henry and Josephine Dough- erty. To Miss Emma Leverett he was united in marriage, August 26, 1873. She was a native of Alabama; her father, John Leverett, of Georgia. He died in 1898. The mother, Mary ( Hester) Leverett, died when Mrs. Treadwell was six years old. She has two brothers living, John D. and Gideon. Thomas, a half brother, died while serving in the confed- erate army. She has, also, two sisters, Sarah Dunson and Mattie Smith. Mr. Treadwell is a member of the Baptist church ; his wife of the Missionary Baptist church. They have five children, Joel, Ida, Ada, Rosil and Mamie. Ida is a most successful school teacher in Mission, and Ada is teaching school in Monroe, Wash- ington.

CHARLES E. BUTTLES, assessor of Chelan county, resides at Wenatchee. He was born at the Old Bent's Fort, Colorado, De- cember 28, 1864. His parents, John F. and Sarah A. (Blinn) Buttles, are Ohioans, and now reside at Wenatchee. The ancestors of John F. Buttles were Revolutionary patriots, and some of them participated in the War of 1812. They were of Scotch descent, three brothers of the family having come to this country in the seventeenth century. The father of our subject, reared in Ohio, went to Cali- fornia in 1852, where he lived six years. He then returned to Ohio where he married, after which he came west to Colorado and en-

gaged in mining. He was engaged in several Indian outbreaks, including the Royal River war. Once while crossing the plains, accom- panied by his wife, they were attacked by In- dians, and the mother of our subject fought side by side with her husband.

Charles E. Buttles was reared in Colorado, went to Utah in 1882 and to Oregon in 1886. His education was secured in Denver, and he was graduated from the academy of Grant's Pass. In 1891 he came to Palouse City, Wash- ington, where he was employed in a sash and door factory. For a year subsequently he con- ducted a cigar store, which business he disposed of in the fall of 1892, and, accompanied by his family, removed to Mullan, Idaho, where he and his father worked in the Morning mine. In the spring of 1893 they all came to Leaven- worth, Washington, and began mining, at first prospecting for coal, which proved unsuccess- ful. Abandoning this project, they turned their attention to gold quartz mining, on Nigger creek. Their prospect is thought to be val- uable. In 1896 our subject entered the em- ployment of George S. Merriam, a general merchant, in Leavenworth, with whom he re- mained until January 1, 1902, when he came to Wenatchee. He was employed by Baker & Bethel until March 1, 1903, when he resigned to accept the position of county assessor, to which office he had been elected, on the Re- publican ticket, in November, 1902. Mr. But- tles has one brother, Jay F., now acting as deputy assessor.

September 1, 1892, our subject was married to Anna Inman. The ceremony was per- formed at Moscow, Idaho. Fraternally Mr. Buttles is a member of Wenatchee Aerie, No. 204, F. O. Eagles, of which organization he is chaplain, the A. O. U. W., of Leavenworth, and the I. O. Foresters.

JOSEPH L. SHELTON, a substantial and highly respected farmer on Mission creek, Chelan county, is a genuine westerner, having been born in Boulder county, Colorado, Jan- uary II, 1867. His father, Joseph M., was a native of Virginia, descendant of an old and prominent family. He served for years in the confederate service, and was taken prisoner a number of times. He died at Lowell, Washing-

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ton, in 1894. The mother, Missouri C. (Jones) Shelton, was born in Missouri, her parents be- ing Virginians. She passed away at Everett, Washington, in November, 1902.

Joseph L. Shelton remained in Colorado until he was fourteen years of age, coming to Ellensburg, Washington, in 1881. Here, with his parents, he raised stock, there being at that early period but few settlers in his vicinity. His father engaged in the horse raising business in company with T. C. Helm, and our subject rode the range for them. For eighteen months he lived on Bellingham Bay, going thence to North Westminster, British Columbia, where he followed teaming. He followed the same pursuit in the Fraser river country, and for two years at Everett, Washington. He then traded some Ellensburg property for ninety acres of land on the Columbia river, eight miles below Wenatchee, and in 1902 disposed of the same and purchased eighty acres on Mission creek, Chelan county. Forty-five acres of this is tilla- ble, and he has four acres set out in a promising orchard.

Our subject has three sisters living : Delcie. wife of Lon Jones, of Puget Sound; Minnie, wife of T. G. Collins, for six years chief of police of Everett, now a builder and contractor ; and Pearl, who is still single, a cashier and book- keeper, of Everett. In February, 1890, at Al- bany, Oregon, Mr. Shelton was united in mar- riage to Ida M. Howard, a native of Linn county, Oregon. Her parents were early pio- neers of that state, and her father is now in Alaska, where he has been for several years. They have two children, Hazel. ten yars of age, and Bertha, eight years old. Mr. Shelton is a member of the Odd Fellows. Politically his affiliations are with the Democratic party, al -. though he is not an active campaign worker. and is inclined to be independent on party issues. He is a highly respected and influential citizen.

HARRY W. WENTWORTH, M. D. For years the magnificent and health giving climate of Chelan has been known to the dwellers of that favored region, but it remained for Dr. Wentworth to open up for the benefit of those seeking health a sanitarium here. In the spring of 1900 the doctor came hither to enjoy an outing amid the beauty that nature strewed

with so lavish a hand when she set this gem of the Cascades. No sooner had he discovered the rare opportunity here proffered than he at once set about establishing here a sanitarium, which is destined to become one of the favorite places for rest and recuperation in the northwest. Away from the noise and commotion of the rushing, restless world, enveloped in the purest air that nature distils, surrounded by all the beauty her art can furnish, supplied with all the resources and delicacies of forest, stream and field, within easy access of the marts of the world, its location is unsurpassed. The initial building is one of eighteen large airy rooms, surrounded with pleasant verandas and sup- plied with all the later appliances known to the medical science. A complete set of surgical appliances, first-class electrical and X-ray ap- paratus, besides all accessories to make the in- stitution both a perfect pleasure, rest and health resort are some of the equipment that Dr. Wentworth has supplied. The institution indi- cates the man and it will be no surprise to our readers when we note the extensive research and training that have fitted Dr. Wentworth for the responsible position he is now holding. After a liberal education in the classics and arts, he entered the Harvard Medical College, after which he attended the Jefferson Medical Col- lege of Philadelphia, where he graduated. Fol- lowing this, Dr. Wentworth took post-graduate courses in Philadelphia, New York and Boston, and consumed six years in this important and interesting research. Two years were then spent in practice at Chelsea, Massachusetts, after which he again spent some time in post- graduate work in one of the leading medical institutions of the land. Dr. Wentworth is a specialist in ear, nose and throat diseases and ailments of a nervous character. He is also especially skilled in gynecology as well as in diseases of children. The vast fund of tech- nical erudition the doctor has gained, besides being naturally endowed with marked capabili- ties in addition to expertness and skill, makes him one of the most prominent and successful men of the medical fraternity in the northwest. A detailed account of his early life will be inter- esting in this connection.

Harry W. Wentworth was born in Boston on October 11, 1869. the son of Henry N. and . Margaret ( Hill) Wentworth, natives of Maine. Sir William Wentworth landed in Massachu-

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setts in 1828 and from him comes the family of our subject. One of the family was governor in New Hampshire for twenty-five years, and the noted man of finances, "Long John" Went- worth, of Chicago, was another member of this prominent and leading family. The parents now live at Chelsea, Masachusetts. Mrs. Went- worth, who was Miss Hill, comes from one of the oldest American families and to them were given great tracts of land on the St. Croix river. Our subject was reared in Boston and there re- ceived his literary education. He has two brothers, Royal S. and Frank W., and two sis- ters, Ida M. and Alice.

At Seattle, on March 30, 1901, Dr. Went- worth married Miss Lois, daughter of Orson and Rosamond ( Duncan) Simmons, natives of Wisconsin and Montreal, respectively. The father comes from a prominent New York family related to the Burrs, from .whence sprang the famous Aaron Burr. The Simmons are a leading family in Wisconsin. Mr. and Mrs. Simmons are now residing in Seattle. Mrs. Wentworth was born in Kenosha, Wis- consin, on July 20, 1884. One child has been born to Dr. and Mrs. Wentworth, Mary M., on June 24, 1903. Dr. Wentworth is promi- nent in fraternal affiliations, being a member of the A. F. & A. M., the R. A. M., the K. T., the K. of P., and the I. O. O. F. Dr. Wentworth has recently purchased an additional thirty acres on Lake Chelan and will build a larger sanitarium.

LEWIS DETWILER, the earliest pioneer settler on the Entiat river, Chelan county, is a prosperous farmer residing near the town of Entiat. He was born in Pennsylvania, August 26, 1850, the son of Henry and Catherine (Yeakley) Detwiler, both natives of Pennsyl- vania, of Dutch ancestry. They are descend- ants of four prominent and distinguished gen- erations.

Passing his boyhood's days in the Keystone state our subject, at the age of seventeen years, removed to Wisconsin, where for three years he was engaged in farm work. Thence he went to Kansas, remained two years, returned to his native state, and two years subsequently went to Wyoming, where he rode the range and engaged in teaming. In 1880 he went to Mon- tana, and three years from that period he went

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Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 125

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