Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 128

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Our subject's first wife was Miss Lizzie Gault, to whom he was married at Ithaca, Wis- consin, December 24, 1866. She died July 7, 1869, leaving one child. On October 15, 1873, at Boscobel, Wisconsin, he was united in mar- riage to Josephine M. Scheble, of Ashley, Ohio. She was the daughter of Albert and Rebecca (Knapp) Scheble, the former a native of

ALBERT P. CLAYTON.

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Switzerland, the latter of New York. They both live at Centralia, Wisconsin. Four chil- dren have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Clayton, Howard J., Ida M., Dora B. and Alta M.

Our subject is a member of Palestine Lodge No. 114, A. F. & A. M., Lone Rock, Wisconsin, Wenatchee Chapter No. 22, R. A. M., is Past Department Commander of Wisconsin, G. A. R., a member of the National Encampment, and Past Master Workman of the A. O. U. W. Although not an active partisan he is a Repub- lican and takes a lively interest in the political issues of the day. From 1878 until 1885 he was a supernumerary in the secret service of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul railroad.

FRANKLIN A. LOSEKAMP, the lead- ing merchant and influential business man of Leavenworth, Chelan county, was born at Day- ton, Ohio, November 20, 1859. His parents were natives of Hessen, Germany. The father, Jacob Losekamp, came to the United States when thirteen years of age, but earned his title to citizenship right royally by serving in the Mexican and Civil wars. For many years le was a merchant in Dayton, Ohio, and at St. Joseph, Missouri, dying in April, 1902, at Los Angeles, California. The mother, Catherine (Breidenbach) Losekamp, now lives with her son at Leavenworth.

Franklin A., our subject was reared princi- pally in Missouri and Kansas, receiving the ad- vantages of only a limited education, but by ap- plication in the days of early manhood, he se- cured a good business training. He went to the Black Hills at the age of eighteen, where for five years he was engaged in mercantile pur- suits. About the time of the completion of the Northern Pacific railroad he went to Spokane and opened a mercantile establishment, in a tent, succeeding the great fire. He came to Leavenworth in 1891, one year ahead of the railroad, where he established a pioneer store, was postmaster, the office at that period being named "Icicle." Our subject has four brothers living, Augustus, George and Lyman, of Los Angeles, California, and John D., a merchant at Billings, Montana. He also has three sisters, Annie, Florence and Catherine.

March 3, 1888, Mr. Losekamp was united in marriage, at Chicago, to Effie C. Head, born

in Carlinville, Ilinois, April 17, 1868. On August 21, 1902, he was called upon to mourn the loss of his estimable wife, who was called from earth at the age of thirty-four years. Mrs. Losekamp was a member of Lorraine Chapter No. 6, Seattle, Washington, O. E. S., and had taken a great interest in this order. Her father, William R. Head, is an English- man, born in Rye, Sussex, England, and is at present a retired capitalist residing in Chicago. Her mother, Martha (Neely) Head, is a native of Kentucky, being born in Franklin, Ken- tucky, April 22, 1838. She was of French an- cestry. One sister of the latter was the wife of General John M. Palmer, ex-governor of Illi- nois. Another sister was the wife of E. A. Sluck, of Cheyenne, Wyoming. Mrs. Lose- kamp had three brothers, James, a real estate dealer of Portland, Oregon; Richard W., of Chicago; and Paul D., also of Chicago, and connected with a lake steamship line. Her three sisters are Millie, wife of Alexander Mc- Gregor, of Cheyenne, Wyoming; Sarah, wife of Charles Heydenburg, of Chicago; and Norah E. Head, residing with her parents at Chicago, Illinois.

Our subject stands high in Masonic circles, being a member of Riverside Lodge No. 112, A. F. & A. M., of Wenatchee; Oriental Con- sistory No. 2, Spokane; El-Katif Temple, No- bles of the Mystic Shrine, Spokane; and Ever- ett Lodge No. 479, B. P. O. E., Everett, Wash- ington. His political affiliations are with the Democratic party, and he has been a delegate to the state conventions, and is as active in po- litical campaigns as business will warrant. He is a public spirited, progressive man, and popu- lar among a wide circle of acquaintances. -

SYLVESTER C. McCREADY, of We- natchee, Chelan county, is engaged in the drug business, and is one of the enterprising, pro- gressive and popular citizens of the city. He was born at Fort Madison, Lee county, Iowa, May 17, 1869. William McCready, his father, was an Indianian, of Scotch descent, his ances- tors having been pioneers of the Hoosier state. For many years his father was clerk of Lee county, Iowa, and was a prominent and influen- tial citizen. William McCready, who was a farmer, died in 1884. The mother of our sub-

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ject, Melvina (Montgomery) McCready, was a native of Kentucky. She passed from earth November 5, 1898.

At the age of seventeen years our subject was graduated from the Fort Madison high school, and removed to Pottawattamie county, Iowa, where he engaged in the grocery busi- ness. In 1897 he disposed of his property and came to Walla Walla county, Washington, finding employment in a wholesale fruit and produce house. Two months later he enlisted in Company I, First Washington Infantry, and on October 19, 1898, left San Francisco, Cali- fornia, for the Philippines. He landed at Ma- nila December 2, 1898, and immediately went to the front. He participated in twenty-five battles and skirmishes, including Paco, Santa- Ann, San Pedro, Macarte, Pasig-Marong, Ti-Ti, Clamba and Taquig. His company was under fire continually until September 5, 1899, following which they returned home and were mustered out November 1, 1899. Mr. Mc- Cready was ill four months, but was in active service the remainder of the time. Returning to Iowa he obtained employment in a drug store and eight months subsequently repaired to the University of Iowa where he concluded a thor- ough course in pharmacy. Going thence to Council Bluffs, Iowa, he worked in a drug store until December 18, 1901, when he came to We- natchee and opened a drug store on Wenatchee avenue. Mr. McCready has four brothers; John C., of Columbus, Ohio; Charles, of Mace- donia, Iowa ; George D., a grain dealer in Wal- ker, Missouri; and Fred P., a farmer of Van Buren county, Iowa. He has, also, three sis- ters ; Juliet A., wife of John A. Stewart, super- intendent of schools at Fort Madison, Lee county, Iowa; Mary, wife of Walter S. Greeg, of Haverlock, Nebraska; and Minnie, wife of Milo Hubley, of Iowa.

The fraternal relations of Mr. McCready are with the Riverside Lodge No. 112, A. F. & A. M .; Wenatchee Lodge No. 157, I. O. O. F., and Rebekahs, Wenatchee. Politically he is a Democrat.

C. VICTOR MARTIN, judge of the Supe- rior court in Chelan county, resides at Wenat- chee. He was born in Iowa March 15, 1852. His father, Israel N. Martin, although born in Illinois, was of New England ancestry, his

great-grandparents having come from Eng- land in the Mayflower when children. Israel N. Martin was a United Brethren preacher. The mother of our subject, Louise ( Potter) Martin, was descended from an old colonial family of the state of New York. Both parents of C. Victor Martin are deceased.

Until he was thirty-three years of age our subject resided in Iowa. He received his edu- cation in the graded schools, the University of Iowa, Iowa City, and Indianola College. At the age of seventeen he began the study of law, and was admitted to practice in Dakota in 1883. Here he continued in his profession ten years, removing thence to Kansas, and then to Cali- fornia, where he practiced in Alameda and San Benito counties three years. He then located in Seattle, where he remained two years, not practicing to any extent on account of ill health. Our subject came to Wenatchee in 1898, con- tinued the practice of his profession, and was appointed judge of the Superior court by Gov- ernor McBride March 12, 1903. Judge Martin is president of the Northwest Pacific Live Stock Company, and the principal stockholder. In the vicinity of Wenatchee the company owns fifteen hundred acres of land, one hundred and twenty head of cattle and twenty head of horses. They purpose to breed thoroughbred stock.

Judge Martin has one brother and two sis- ters, Elihue V., in the real estate business, Wen- atchee; Nellie, widow of Rev. M. E. Noble; and Mabel, wife of William Seagle, of Elber- ton, Washington. March 28, 1899, at Wenat- chee, Judge Martin was married to Angie L. Abbe, a native of California. Her father, An- drew Abbe, born in the state of New York, was of an old American family, his ancestors having come to America in 1640. The mother, Mary (Berry) Abbe, was a native of Iowa. Both parents died in California, the father on June 19, 1883, and the mother on October 1I, 1884. Mrs. Martin has four brothers, Frank B., George E., Fred M., and Charles H .; also four sisters, Olive B., wife of Alfred L. Waters; Susie M., wife of O. A. Ames; Eleanor F., wife of Edward A. Pierce; and Clara E., who is unmarried. The sisters are all residents of San Juan, California.

Judge Martin is a member of Pioneer Lodge, A. F. & A. M., South Dakota; of San Benito Lodge, I. O. O. F., San Juan, Califor- nia; of the M. W. A., and of Brotherhood of

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American Yeomen, Wenatchee. Politically he is a Republican, and influential in the interests of that party.

IRVIN R. GEDDES, of the firm of Geddes & Page, who operate a first-class livery and transfer business in the town of Chelan, is well® known as a thorough and capable business man, who, by dint of hard labor and careful manage- ment has secured an excellent competence of this world's goods.

Irvin R. Geddes was born in Polk county, Iowa, on November 7, 1853, the son of Samuel S. and Elizabeth (Nagle) Geddes, natives of Ohio and Iowa, respectively, and now dwelling in Ida county, Iowa, where they own a fine and valuable estate. The parents both come from old and well known American families which were always identified with the cause of free- dom and the upbuilding of this nation. The father has held various official positions, but is now retired from active life. The mother's father was closely connected with the Iowa State Register, the old Republican paper of Des Moines, for many years. Our subject was reared in Des Moines, Iowa, liberally educated in the public schools, and in Ames College at Ames, Iowa. He remained with his father until twenty-five years of age then went to Iowa county, farmed and opened a livery business. Five years later he removed thence to Utah where he followed various occupations for sev- eral years, then came a trip overland with horses to Spokane, after which he went to Ed- wall, Washington, bought land and farmed for six years. Like many others he was overtaken by hard times, so sold his stock and located in the livery business at Waterville. For four years he did well, securing in the meantime a section of land in addition to the homestead. He still owns this farm land and rents it. In 1900 he sold his interest in the livery in Water- ville and together with Mr. Page established their present business. In addition to doing a general livery business, for which they were thoroughly equipped with good stock, fine rigs and so forth, they handle the stage and entire transfer business from the landing to the town of Chelan. They are prosperous and progres- sive men and stand well in the community. Mr. Geddes has two brothers and two sisters, George, Arthur, Lettie and Cordelia.

At the bride's residence in Ida county, Iowa, Mr. Geddes married Miss Ada Harrison, whose parents were natives of Ireland. Mrs. Geddes has three brothers and two sisters, Thomas, Matthew, David, Lizzie Nightsee and Mary Arthur. Three children, Mamie, Hazel and Saylor have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Geddes. Mrs. Geddes was highly educated and for a number of years was a very successful teacher. She is a communicant of the Congregational church. Mr. Geddes is a Republican and a man of excellent judgment and wisdom.

PETER WHEELER, stock-raiser and di- versified farmer, living six miles from Wenat- chee, Chelan county, was born in Pennsylvania February 16, 1834. His father, Rollin, de- ceased, was born in Vermont, and his grand- father, Peter, was massacred by the Indians in the Wyoming Valley prior to the Revolution- ary war. His name, Peter, is still legible on an old monument erected on the battlefield to commemorate the heroism of those who there fought and died. The mother of our subject, Alethia (Bull) Wheeler, was a native of Penn- sylvania, of Dutch ancestry. She died when our subject was two years old.

In 1843 the father and step-mother of our subject removed to Illinois, and here he was educated in the public schools. At the opening of the Civil war he attempted to enlist, but was unable to pass the medical examination. Three years he passed in Iowa. Going thence to Ne- braska he pre-empted land in Platte county, which at that period was very thinly settled. In 1883 he went to Idaho, remaining one year, and thence to Washington, where he was en- gaged in railroad construction. In 1885 he came to what is known as Wheeler Hill, six miles from Wenatchee, and settled on a home- stead, his son Clarence, doing the same. To this property he has since added railroad land, and now owns, with his son, about four thous- and acres. They cultivate one hundred acres, have fifteen acres in orchard, put up one hun- dred to one hundred and fifty tons of alfalfa annually, and last season sold two thousand boxes of apples. Their timothy hay yields four tons to the acre. Mueh of this property is fine grazing land, although about a section is bro- ken, and more is tillable. He winters one hun-

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dred head or more of cattle. Mr. Wheeler has two half brothers living in Iowa, Edward and Rollin.

Mr. Wheeler was married in Carroll county, Illinois, to Medora Morse, a native of New York. Her parents were Allen and Clara (Smith) Morse. Mrs. Wheeler died in Decem- ber, 1902. When not on the farm, our subject resides in a comfortable house, surrounded by twenty acres of land, on the river one mile from the postoffice. He has four sons, Allen, mining in the Black Hills; Clarence; Peter, city mar- shal of Wenatchee; and Charles, residing on the Wheeler Hill property. His four daugh- ters are Della, wife of William Sally, of Ore- gon: Clara, wife of Frank Chase, of Seattle; Dora, wife of James Rea, farmer and road su- pervisor near Wenatchee; and Julia, wife of Phil Leonard, mentioned elsewhere. The relig- ious affiliations of Mr. Wheeler are with the Seventh Day Adventists. Politically he is a Republican.

JAMES W. FERGUSON, ex-mayor of Wenatchee, Chelan county, and one of the lead- ing citizens of that city, is a native of Pennsyl- vania, born in Erie county August 6, 1846. His parents, James and Eliza (Boone) Fergu- son, were Pennsylvanians, the father having come of Scotch ancestry. The latter died in 1846 when our subject was but three months old. The mother passed away in 1883 at the age of sixty-five. Following her decease young Ferguson went to Wisconsin to live with his uncle, and hiere he attended district school win- ters and worked through the summer months on a farm. At the age of fifteen he enlisted in Company I, Fourteenth Wisconsin Infantry, serving with distinction four years, and partici- pating in all the important engagements in the west.

Upon being mustered out of the service he learned the tinsmith's trade, was appointed postmaster in 1870, and served until 1882, in the town of Neillsville, Wisconsin. In 1884 he removed to Larimore, North Dakota, and until 1889 engaged in farming. That year lie went to Tacoma, working at his trade, and in 1891 removed to Montana, opened a tinshop, and later came to Wenatchee, settling first in the old town. In 1892 he purchased lots in the new town, corner of Wenatchee and Palouse

streets, where he erected a business block to which he has recently added, affording him a frontage of fifty feet. The substantial con- struction and ornate cornice work of this build- ing makes it one of the most attractive edifices in the city.

At Neillsville, Wisconsin, September I, 1870, he was married to Amelia Palmer, a na- tive of Ohio. Her father, Malichi Palmer, a Pennsylvanian, died in 1861, aged forty-seven years. Her mother, Betsy (Hubbard) Palmer, born in Ohio, passed from earth one week fol- lowing her husband's decease. Mrs. Ferguson has three brothers and two sisters, George, Rob- ert and Nathaniel, and Saralı Hart and Mary A., single and living at Wenatchee. She has two children, Clara Jack, and James E. Fergu- son, in partnership with his father in Wenat- chee. The latter was married at Wenatchee October 7, 1902, to Louise S. Hallenbeck, born at Geneva, New York, where her parents now reside. Her father, De Witt W. Hallenbeck, is a prominent merchant of New York city, and treasurer of the Chamber of Commerce of that city.

In local enterprises our subject has always taken an active part, has served one term as mayor and four as city marshal. The first county commissioners met in the rear of his store and organized Chelan county. He is a Mason, Odd Fellow and member of the G. A. R.

THOMAS PATTISON, vice-president of the Richards Lumber Company, of Lakeside, Washington, came to Chelan Falls, Chelan county, in 1890, with a capital of only seventy- five cents. He is now regarded as one of the wealthy, popular and influential citizens of Lakeside. He was born at Detroit, Michigan, January 13, 1872, the son of Thomas and Mary (Seabury) Pattison. The father, a native of Ireland, came to this country while still a young man, and located in the state of New York, later removing to Michigan, where he engaged in farming. He died August 20, 1889. The mother, also a native of Ireland, where she married, passed away at Davison, Michigan. August 12, 1891.

Our subject, Thomas Pattison, was grad- uated from the Lapeer high school in Michigan, and the following two years worked on his

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father's farm. He came to Chelan county May 5, 1889, where he found employment in various lines, cooking on boats and in mining camps for eight years. He filed on a homestead Sep- tember 30, 1890, near Chelan Falls, on which he now has a fine bearing orchard of eighteen acres, besides wheat and hay land, all of which is well watered by a spring. December 1, 1902, he engaged in his present business, the company being organized with W. D. Richards as presi- dent and general manager; our subject vice- president and assistant manager; George E. Richardson, treasurer. The company is incor- porated with a capital of $50,000, and our sub- ject owns one-fifth of the stock. He is now giving his entire attention to the mill, having a competent man in charge of his farm. He cul- tivates winter apples principally, finding his market in Seattle. Mr. Pattison has four brothers, John, of Lapeer ; William, Joseph and Henry, all residents of Michigan. His six sisters are Lizzie, wife of John Carlyle; Re- becca, wife of Frank Scooneas, of Detroit; Alice, wife of Roy Griffin; Mattie, wife of George Gaylord; Anna, wife of Joseph Hill, and Mary, wife of James Leech.

He is a member of Chelan Lodge No. 169, I. O. O. F., of which he is secretary. Politi- cally he is a Republican. He owns a half block in South Chelan, considerable residence prop- erty in Lakeside and a handsome cottage and two lots in Chelan.

ARTHUR GUNN ranks with the leading men in the Columbia valley, in Washington, and his worthy labors in Wenatchee proclaim that he is holding the position by reason of real worth. It was Mr. Gunn who labored with Mr. Reeves in the excellent undertaking of making Chelan county. The measure was started in 1892, but failed to be carried through on account of lack of local strength. Mr. Gunn never let it escape from his thoughts and when the right time came he and Mr. Reeves put their shoulders to the wheel and were richly rewarded by the formation of Chelan county. This will be more fully treated in the historical portion of the work.

Arthur Gunn was born in Maysville, Ken- tucky, on March 21, 1866, the son of Thomas M. and Catherine (Waggoner) Gunn, natives of Kentucky. The father's ancestors came to

American shores about four hundred years since and are from the sturdy Scotch race. He was a graduate of the Dickinson college and later received the title of D. D. He was presid- ing elder for thirteen years in the Methodist church and later was superintendent of missions in the Presbyterian synod. At the present he is preaching the gospel in Mission, this county. The family were American long before there was a United States, and they fought for Amer- ican interests in all the conflicts. Mr. Gunn served in the Civil war. The mother's people were related to the leading families of Ken- tucky, as the Adairs, the Monroes, and so forth. President Monroe and General Adair were in- cluded in this list. Her father served in Com- pany I, Twenty-first Kentucky Volunteers, which after re-enlistment became the First Vet- erans. During the service he languished in Libby and other southern prisons for sixteen months and had the thrilling experiences of escaping and being recaptured eighteen times. The family removed to Illinois when our sub- ject was five, and he was educated until fifteen there by his father. Then he entered Park Col- lege, in Kansas City, Missouri, where he grad- uated in the class of 1888. He largely wrought his way through college by work in the print- ing department, and for two years he was city editor on a Joliet daily paper, this being when he was seventeen. Following his graduation, Mr. Gunn came to Walla Walla, whither the family had removed, and after due exploration of the country, he settled at Kelso and started the Kelso Courier, which was a bright paper under his manipulation for two years. Then he left the management of that to enter the banking establishment of J. J. Browne of Spo- kane. In 1892 he started, in connection with Mr. Browne, a branch in Wenatchee, and in 1894 sold his interest in it. In 1896 Mr. Gunn organized the Wenatchee Water Power Com- pany, and is today the president of the electric light company of Wenatchee. In addition to this, Mr. Gunn is doing a fine business in real estate. He manages the townsite company's business and for three years was land commis- sioner for the Nelson & Ft. Sheppard Railroad. Mr. Gunn discovered that he could do better by giving his entire time to local enterprises and so resigned that position. Mr. Gunn has two brothers, W. Chalmers and Thomas M. Jr., and one sister, Pearl Winchester.

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On July 12, 1890, Mr. Gunn married Miss Elizabeth Brown, at Walla Walla, a native of Darlington, Indiana. Her father is deceased, but her mother is living with our subject now. Mrs. Gunn was well educated in the seminary and spent some time in teaching. She has one brother, Charles F., and one sister, Nettie. To Mr. and Mrs. Gunn six children have been born, Arthur, Mary, Thomas, Catherine, Eliz- abeth and Anabel. Mr. Gunn is a member of the K. P., and is a strong Democrat. He and his wife are adherents of the Presbyterian church. He is treasurer of the Commercial Club, and is always active in promoting any measure that is for the welfare of the town and county. He has wide experience in the news- paper work and is a man of excellent ability.

JOHN SMITH is a resident of Leaven- worth, who came here in 1892, being in the em- ploy of the Great Northern railway. Since coming, he entered in business and for a decade or more he has identified himself with the in- terests of this city and has shown himself to be a broad minded and progressive man.

Mr. Smith is affiliated with the B. P. O. E., Spokane lodge, number twenty, and with the I. O. O. F., lodge number eighty-one, in Reeds Landing. He has always taken an active in- terest in fraternal matters and has worked faithfully for the interests of the various lodges to which he belongs. In political matters, he has always espoused the cause of the Demo- cratic party and has shown himself a force in this field.

He is a man well acquainted with the issues of the day and while a stanch Democrat. mani- fests an independence in thought and action which characterizes him as a man of substan- tiality. In the progress of the community and in the improvement of the same, he has ever taken an interest and his voice is always on the side of better roads, more substantial improve- ments, better educational facilities and progress in general.

THOMAS R. GIBSON resides at Moun- tain Park, about fourteen miles up the lake from Lakeside in Chelan county. He is a na- tive of England and came to America with his

father, Thomas Gibson, in 1858, settling at Quincy, 'Illinois, where the father started a newspaper. Later, they removed to Omaha, where the senior Gibson operated in the same business. From that state they moved to a little camp, which was the beginning of the prosperous city of Denver, Colorado, and took one hundred and sixty acres of land. Later he sold this land to Governor Evans, of Colorado, for seven hundred dollars. It is now the heart of Denver. Mr. Gibson started the Rocky Mountain Nozes in Denver and operated it for years, and as is well known, it is now one of the leading newspapers of the United States. Mr. Gibson was a man of great knowledge and ability. He possessed a wealth of intellect to- gether with executive talent that placed him in the front ranks with the newspaper men of his day. Our subject was educated in the var- ious places mentioned above and remained in the west until 1889, when he came to Lake Che- lan and established himself at Mountain Park, where he has a beautiful and comfortable home.

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Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 128

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