Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 34

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to Spokane county, where the father died in 1897. At present the mother resides with our subject, in Stevens county. They were the parents of nine children, one of whom died in infancy, George, Angelina, Ella, Clyde, Mary, Edward, Emma and Cora. Several of the male members of the mother's family were ministers of the gospel.

In Linn county, Oregon, our subject at- tended the public schools during winters, and working industriously through the summer months. At the age of twenty-seven he left home and began farming and stock raising, which business he has since followed. He went to Spokane county in 1882, engaged in farming and gardening, and in 1900 he came to his present location in Stevens county. The first year he rented a farm, but subsequently pur- chased two hundred acres of railroad land, partly improved, with a substantial log house and one hundred and twenty acres devoted to hay. It is all fenced. Mr. Rednours secured a mail contract in 1902, between Calispell and Milan, Spokane county, and this he has re- cently renewed.

On November 12, 1889, our subject was united in marriage to Emma Smith, daughter of James and Bell ( Humes) Smith, the father a native of Illinois, the mother of Indiana. They crossed the plains to Oregon in 1876. The father died in 1898, the mother still re- sides in Stevens county. Five children were born to them, Emma, Rose, Elmer, Charles and Albert.

Mr. and Mrs. Rednours have five children, Sada, Jesse, Roy, George and Ivie, all living with their parents. The latter are members of the Methodist Episcopal church. Politically Mr. Rednours is a Republican.

EUGENE MARKS, a successful and en- terprising farmer and lumberman of Stevens county, lives on an eligible location two miles west of Calispell. He is a native of Waterloo, DeKalb county, Indiana, where he was born February 15, 1879. His parents were Jacob and Fitena Marks. The father died in 1880, the mother in 1893. They were the parents of four children, Frank, Minnie, Eugene and Bert. By her second husband, David Pierson, Mrs. Marks had one child, Dessie.

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The public schools of Indiana, in the vicin- ity of our subject, provided his education, and at the age of seventeen years he left school and engaged in business for himself, worked in a hotel and followed other employments. In 1901 he conducted a milk ranch near Anaconda, Montana, for one year, subsequently disposing of the same and going to Spokane, where he remained tor a short period, and then located in Stevens county. On October 19, 1902, Mr. Marks filed on a quarter section of timber land, cleared a portion of the same and erected a dwelling.

Our subject is, politically, a Democrat, and enthusiastic in the promulgation of the doc- trines of that party.

JAMES MONROE, one of the pioneers of Stevens county, and successfully engaged in stock-breeding and farming, resides three miles southwest of Usk. He was born in St. Johns, New Foundland, November 11, 1838, the son of James and Mary T. (Stack) Monroe. The father was a native of Ireland, the mother of New Foundland. They settled near St. Johns, where they died.

Early educational advantages of our sub- ject were limited, and this fact will be better appreciated when it is known that at the age of nine years he began working with an uncle at the business of codfishing on the coast of Labrador and Cape Harrison. This arduous employment he pursued until he came to the United States in 1848, at which period he en- gaged in mackerel fishing, which he followed until 1852. That year he went to California, via Cape Horn, being one hundred and forty- five days on the trip. Here he worked in a ma- chine shop, and, also, made several voyages. Subsequently he engaged extensively in min- ing, in the vicinity of San Francisco and Sac- ramento, and in 1886 he came to Stevens coun- ty, Washington, where he has since lived. He brought sixty-five head of stock into this val- ley, where he came accompanied by E. C. Rider, and he now owns one hundred and sixty acres, mainly hay land, from which he cuts about fifty tons of hay annually. He raises about sixty-five head of stock.

Our subject was married in 1873 to Mar- garet E. Smith, widow of Frank Smith. Her

maiden name was Margaret E. Reagan and she is a native of Tennessee.

In early days the political affiliations of Mr. Monroe were with the Democratic party, but of late years he has been a Republican. He is a member of the Catholic church.

ELBRIDGE C. RIDER, the oldest settler in the Calispell valley, resides three miles south- west of Usk, Stevens county, where he is en- gaged in general farming and stock breeding. He is a New Englander, having been born in Bucksport, Maine, September 1, 1837, the son of Stephen and Rebecca (Eldridge) Rider. They were natives of Maine, where they died, leaving four children.

Our subject attended the public schools of Bucksport, and acquired a good business edu- cation, and on reaching his majority, in 1858, he went to California, via the Isthmus of Pan- ama. He at once engaged in mining which he continued until 1885. That year he went to the Coeur d'Alene country, Idaho, followed mining one year and then located in Stevens county. The first enterprise to engage his at- tention was the cutting of one hundred tons of hay. He was the first white settler in this vi- cinity, squatting on land, and putting up wild hay. He experienced no difficulty with the In- dians, as they were his friends, and he traded with them to a considerable extent. When the land upon which he had located was surveyed he purchased a farm of the railroad company. at one time owning two hundred and eighty acres. This he subsequently disposed of, and purchased one hundred and sixty acres, mainly meadow land, and on which he now resides. At the period in which he came to the country there were no roads, and he was compelled to raft his provisions down the Pend d' Oreille river and lake, as well as all kinds of farm ma- chinery.

Mr. Rider is a Republican, and has always manifested a patriotic interest in the welfare of his party.

EUGENE B. GREGORY, engaged in farming and stock-breeding, lives nine miles west of Newport, Stevens county. He was born in Snohomish county, Washington, Jan-

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uary 26, 1879. His parents were Jasper C. and Effie (Powers) Gregory, the father a na- tive of New York, the mother of Wisconsin. In early pioneer days they settled in Iowa, and later removed to Minnesota, where the father assisted in organizing the county in which he resided. Subsequently they came to Snoho- mish county, Washington, where the father lived twenty-five years, engaged in farming, and where our subject was born. They were the parents of eight children, one of whom died in infancy : Charles R., in Snohomish county ; Harry T .; Mary, wife of Calvin L. Haskell; Alice, married to H. T. Flaugher; Lawrence E .; James B., and Eugene B., our subject.

The latter was educated in Snohomish county, and on gaining his majority he en- gaged, in company with his brother, in log- ging. They cut eight hundred thousand feet of timber in King county, Washington, and following this enterprise he was associated with his father in general farming. He came to Stevens county in 1902, where he located a homestead, following farming and stock-breed- ing. On his quarter section of land he has one million five hundred thousand feet of timber, a good frame house, barn, and other out-build- ings, and his property is partly fenced. He devotes considerable attention, and profitably, to the logging industry, and breeds some stock.

In 1900 our subject was married to Mary Newmaster, daughter of Henry and Saralı Newmaster. the father a native of Germany, the mother of Ohio. They were the parents of eight children.

To Mr. and Mrs. Gregory one child has been born, Howard E. The political affilia- tions of Mr. Gregory are with the Republican party, and he is a member of the K. O. T. M.

JOSEPH ROBERTS has the distinction of being one of the earliest of the early settlers of the Colville valley and to minutely relate his career would require a volume in itself. The thrilling adventures with Indians and wild ani- mals, the long tedious journeys during the 'fif- ties and 'sixties, the hardships endured in pros- pecting and mining, together with the various experiences of these days would be very inter- esting reading, but space forbids more than a cursory review. At the present time, Mr.

Roberts is dwelling about two miles north of Addy, on one of the finest farm in Washington. He owns two hundred acres of fertile land, which will produce annually a net revenue of three thousand dollars. This farm Mr. Roberts secured through the homestead right purchas- ing a squatters right thereto for five hundred dollars. This was in 1873 and since then he has continued here devoting himself to raising hay and stock. He has sold as high as one hun- dred head in a year. At the present time, he has but few stock and pays attention entirely to handling hay.

Joseph Roberts was born in Canada, on March 14, 1829, the son of Augusta and Louisa (Gouges) Roberts, natives of Canada, where they remained until their death. Our subject's grandfather was a native of France. Mr. Roberts is the youngest of eight children, Frank, August. Michael, Celestia, Sophie, Lizzet and Olive. Our subject was bereft of his mother when two years old and five years later he went to live with his oldest sister, his father having married again. When twelve years of age, he hired out for fifteen dollars a year. The next year he received twenty-four dollars and the third year he got thirty-six. The fourth year he was offered forty-five dollars and went to work for a magistrate where he re- mained until he was twenty-four. In 1849 he was in Buffalo, New York, and four years later he went to Missouri. Soon thereafter he crossed the plains, driving cattle with John Noble of the Grand Valley. This was in 1854, and the same year he went to Portland. The following spring Mr. Roberts came to Stevens county and since that time this has been his headquarters. He mined on the Pend d'Oreille river for two years and then went to The Dalles with seven hundred dollars and bought goods which he packed to this valley, selling them to good advantage. He continued in this business for some time. After this he made good money in raising hogs, and selling pickled pork at fifty cents per pound. In 1860 he bought a farm for three thousand dollars but was not successful on that place and in 1863 came to his present place. Mr. Roberts has his place improved in fine manner. He has two or three residences, several barns, and plenty of out- buildings, as vegetable cellars, tool sheds, ice- houses, and so forth.

In 1868, Mr. Roberts married Miss Mary

MRS. JOSEPH ROBERTS.

JOSEPH ROBERTS.

DONALD MAC DONALD.

ISAAC STENSGAR.

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Aracasia, and five children have been the fruit of this union, three of whom are living, named as follows : Randolph, Olive Seyler, and Addie, wife of W. Baulue, in this county. Mr. Roberts and his family are adherents of the Cotholic church.

DONALD MACDONALD was born in Post Creek, Montana in February, 1851, the son of Angus and Catherine MacDonald, na- tives of Loch Torridon, Scotland, and Montana, respectively. The father was born on October 15, 1816, at Craighouse, R sshire, Scotland, and came to the northwest territory as clerk for the Hudson's Bay Company in 1838. He oper- ated on the head waters of the Columbia. later at old Fort Colville, where his uncle, Dr. A. MacDonald, was in charge; then moved to Fort Vancouver, after which we find him in Fort Hall, Idaho. After this, he was in Mon- tana and finally returned to Colville, being there promoted to a shareholder in the company. In 1871 he sold his interest to the company and went to Montana where he devoted himself to stock raising until his death on February I, 1889. The mother died in 1892. They were parents of the following children : John, Chris- tie, Duncan, Donald, Annie, Maggie, Thomas Alexander, Augus P., Archie, Joseph A., An- gus C. and Mary. Donald received his educa- tion from various instructors in Stevens county in Montana whom the father hired in his home. At the age of nineteen he stepped forth to assume the duties of life for himself and his first venture was as clerk and book- keeper in the company store in Colville, at the fort, then at Fort Sheppard in trading with the miners and Indians. Later he was collector of customs under Judge Haynes after which he returned to the Colville valley and began farm- ing and stock raising, which he has continued to the present time. Mr. MacDonald is also operating a hotel.

In 1877 Mr. MacDonald married Miss Maggie, daughter of Thomas and Julia ( Plant) Steinsger. The father came to America with our subject's father, and the mother was guide for Governor Stevens in 1855. Six children have been born to our subject and his wife: John, deceased; an infant, deceased ; Emma, Julia, Christie and Thomas A. Mr. MacDon- old is a Republican, and very active. He and

his wife are adherents of the Roman Catholic church. In addition to his real estate, hotel and other property, Mr. MacDonald has a half interest in the Ben Franklin mines, two miles north of Marcus, which already show great value.

Our subject's great-uncle, Dr. Archibald MacDonald, and chief factor of the Hudson's Bay Company, was the first man to cross the continent, being with Governor George Simp- son, of the Hudson's Bay Company .. It is very interesting to note that Dr. MacDonald was one of the first, if not the first, practicing physi- cian in the west half of North America.

ISAAC STENSGAR. Amid the rugged hills of Scotland was born, in the early part of the last century, one whose adventurous spirit and love of exploration led him soon to forsake his native land and turn toward the setting sun. After traveling over various portions of Canada and the United States, he entered the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company, and over fifty years ago, while discharging the du- ties as one of the trusted men of that company, he came into the Colville valley. He at once discerned the wealth that belongs to this re- gion and while still in the employ of the com- pany here for many years he determined to seek out a favorable place and make this his home. Such a place was found two miles north from where Addy now stands and Thomas Stensgar, the well known, respected and hon- ored pioneer, made his home there. From that time until the dav of his death, in 1891, Mr. Stensgar never failed to manifest a public spirit and worthy effort for the upbuilding and advancement of the county. His children, well known in the county, are mentioned in another portion of the work. Isaac, the immediate sub- ject of this sketch, was born on the old home- stead on May 1I, 1865. Two miles from where he now lives, was located the little district school where he received his early training; as he grew up amid the surroundings of frontier life he manifested the disposition to carry on the good work his father had begun, and his industry and close application to business have been rewarded by the possession of one-half section of valley land. This is well improved with a large eight-room dwelling, barn, fences and so forth, and sustains a nice bunch of cattle

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besides producing a large amount of hay and cereals.

Mr. Stensgar is a member of the W. W. and also is an adherent to the Catholic church. He is a strong and active Republican and ever manifests a keen interest in active politics.

Mr. Stensgar's mother, a venerable lady, is still living with him on the old homestead. Her maiden name was Julia Plant. Her father, Antione Plant, was one of the earliest pioneers of the west, especially in Montana, and married a Flathead woman.

HENRY SCHULENBURG, who is in- terested in farming and stock-breeding, and resides nine miles west of Newport, Stevens county, is a native of Germany. He was born in Hanover, June 3, 1840, the son of Henry and Mary Schulenburg, who lived and lied in Hanover. The parents of our subject were connected with quite wealthy people in Ger- many, and the paternal grandfather was a dis- tinguished and wealthy resident of England. Our subject had three brothers and one sister, Johan, Mary, William and George.

In Hanover our subject received an ex- cellent church schooling, and at the age of nineteen years he began learning the trade of a stone mason, which occupation he followed with the exception of the time passed in the army, which was seven years and eight months. In 1863 he entered service in the German-Den- mark war, in 1866 he was in the Prussian- Hanover war. in 1870-1 in the Franco-German war, and in 1876 came to the United States. He located in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, remained two years, going thence to Wonewoc, same state, for three years, and then to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he remained eleven years. In 1889 he came to Spokane county, Washing- ton, and two years subsequently to Stevens county, locating on the farm where he now lives. At that period the country was a wilder- ness. Mr. Schulenburg could stand in his door- way and see droves of deer, and in one band he counted twenty-five. His location was in the vicinity of an old beaver dam, and the animals were so numerous that the ditches he dug would be filled up each night, flooding his land. Our subject now has one hundred acres under cultivation, devoted mainly to tame hay, of

which he raises excellent crops. The property is fenced, and he has a good dwelling house and substantial barn, twenty-four by one hundred, with a capacity of one hundred and five tons of hay. He raises stock, and has a water supply amply sufficient to irrigate his entire place within ten minutes.

Mr. Schulenburg was married in 1865 to Dora Buhr, the daughter of Henry and Dora Buhr, natives of Germany. She was born in Ellensdorf, Hanover, Germany, and the mar- riage ceremony was performed in Epstof, Han- over. They have four children : Dora : Emma, wife of George Ward, in Stevens county ; Wil- liam, a member of the Spokane Fire Depart- ment; and Clara, wife of George Lenney, of California. Mr. and Mrs. Schulenburg are members of the Lutheran church. Politically he is a Republican.

MILES C. KENT, general farmer and veterinary surgeon, resides seven miles out from Newport, Stevens county, on the Pend d' Oreille river. He was born at Bently creek, Pennsylvania, December 16, 1835, the son of Jonathan and Patience (Goff) Kent, natives of New York. When young they moved to Peny - sylvania, where they lived many years, but subsequently returned to New York, where they died. They were the parents of fourteen children, one dying in infancy ; Sophia, Sam- uel, Vine, Annis, James M., Miles C., Hannah, Roswell, Stephen, Ambrose, Hector, Amitta and Phoebe. The maternal grandfather of our subject was a Baptist minister in New York.

Until he was twelve years of age our suh- ject attended the public schools of the neigh- borhood in which he resided, in New York. He then worked on a farm three years, pur- chased twerty acres of land, worked for other parties with his team, and bought and sold horses, following this line of business until he was twenty-five years of age. In 1860 Mr. Kent purchased a canal boat, on the Erie canal, and followed this business during the Civil war. Following the surrender of General Lee he sold his boats and again began farming. He also learned the horse farrier business and went to Michigan, where he remained until 1891, at which period he located in Stevens county, se- curing a homestead of one hundred and sixty

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acres of lard, where he has since resided. He has seventy acres under cultivation, mainly de- voted to hay, all fenced and all of which is sus- ceptible of irrigation. There are on the place five hundred thousand feet of timber and poles.

Our subject was married in 1860 to Esther White, daughter of John and Hannah White, the father a native of Vermont, the mother of New York. They have three children : Min- nie M., wife of P. F. Bouns, of Buttersville, Mason county, Michigan; F. A., in Stevens county ; an:1 Mary E., living in Mason county, Michigan.

Mr. Kent is a Democrat, and interested in the various campaigns of his party. He is a member of the Baptist church, and the A. F. & A. M.

GEORGE H. BOBIER, engaged in gen- eral farming in Stevens county, living five miles northwest of Newport, was born in Chat- ham, Canada, May 28, 1840. He is the son of Gregory and Sarah (Dockerill) Bobier. natives of Ireland, his ancestors having emigrated to France and from France to Ireland in the twelfth century. The parents of our subject went to Canada in 1820, where they died. They were the parents of eleven children, Eliz- abeth, Joseph and Joshua, twins, Wellington, Gregory, Thomas, William, John, Edmond, George and Sarah.

The education of our subject was received in a log school house in Canada, and when sev- enteen years of age he went west to Missouri. He crossed the plains in 1860 with ox teams, during which trip he met with a number of sur- prising adventures, many of them exciting and sensational. He followed mining in Nevada twenty years with fair success. In 1867 he made a big winning with the Tuscarora, the pioneer placer mine of that period. Subse- quently he lost all his property through the in- compentency of a smelter man. and he then went to Custer, Idaho, where he engaged in hotel business and mining. Later he conducted a hotel in Oregon five or six years, going thence to the Blue Mountains in the business of log- ging. Two years after that he was taken ill, and was laid up six months, losing again all he was worth. At Wood river he burned charcoal for a smelting furnace, producing two thou-

sand bushels per day, and clearing up five thou- sand dollars in one year.

Mr. Bobier then drove a band of cattle from the Blue mountains of Oregon to Newport. In 1891 he left some of the cattle at this point, went back to Oregon, and was gone two years. On his return he secured a homestead, one hundred and sixty acres, where he now lives. In 1897 hc purchased eighty acres of railroad land for the purpose of securing title to the Cedar Glen . Mine. Fifty acres of the home- stead are cleared, all of it fenced and he has one million feet of saw timber and cedar poles. He raises seventy-five head of cattle, conducts a dairy, has twenty-five milch cows, and finds a ready sale for his products.

Mr. Bobier was married in 1876 to Miss Roxie Thompson, daughter of A. J. Thomp- son, of North Carolina. The ceremony oc- curred at Elko, Nevada. Her parents crossed the plains from Illinois to Ruby Valley, Ne- vada, in 1865, later settling at Cheney, Wash- ington, where they died. They were the par- ents of seven children. When a young man our subject was a Republican. Later he be- came a Democrat. He was the first road super- visor in the town of his adoption. In 1902 he was the nominee of his party for county com- missioner, but was defeated owing to his party being in the minority. While he resided in Oregon he was a member of the school board. Fraternally he is a member of the I. O. O. F. and past master.

JOHN O. JORE, a successful general farmer and stock-breeder of Stevens county, resides four and one-half miles north of Scotia. He was born in Houston county, Minnesota, October 6, 1860. His parents were Ole and Sarah Jore, natives of Norway. When they came to the United States they located first in Wisconsin, removing to Houston county, where the father died in 1866. The mother went to North Dakota, where she passed away in 1894. Eleven children were born to them, of whom five still live: Andrew, in Minnesota ; John O., cur subject : Theodore, in Minnesota ; Julia, married and living in North Dakota ; and Halver, in Minnesota.

Houston county, Minnesota, was the scene of our subject's early days and education.

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where he attended the public schools. At the age of twelve years he assumed the responsi- bility of a man's place on a farm, and at the age of eighteen years he rented land and contin- ued farming until about 1885. Removing to North Dakota, he remained, engaged in farm- ing until 1890, when he came to Stevens county, located a homestead of one hundred and sixty acres, and, in 1891, erected a com- fortable house in which he has since resided. He has twenty-five acres under cultivation, and raises twenty head of stock. He is surrounded by substantial farm buildings and other im- provements.

In 1878 Mr. Jore was united in marriage to Betsie Felland, daughter of Ole K. and Mar- garet (Nestog) Felland, natives of Norway. They came to the United States in 1860. locat - ing in Madison, Wisconsin, where they lived four years. Going to Minnesota they remained until 1883. and thence went to North Dakota, coming to Stevens county in 1890, where the father at present lives. The mother passed away in 1866. They had two children, Knute O., of Stevens county, and Betsie, married to our subject.

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Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 34

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