Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 45

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of the prospered and well-to-do farmers of this section. Mr. Troger had but little financial capital when he came here and his present gratifying holding is the result of his excellent labors and wisdom. He has never seen fit to take to himself a wife, and is numbered with the jolly bachelors of the community, being a good citizen and respected by all.

HENRY M. HADLEY enjoys the distinc- tion of being born on the Pacific coast and is a man whose life has entirely thus far been spent in the west. He looks to the Umpqua valley as his native place and June 15, 1866 is the date of his birth. His parents, Samuel B. and Emily A. (Hammond) Hadley, crossed the plains in 1851 and settled in the Umpqua val- ley. The father was a sturdy pioneer and fought the Indians, did packing, later went to Yreka, California and built a stone hotel, which is still standing, and finally came back to Oregon. In 1872 he settled in Lake county and did well in the stock business. . He sold out in 1879 and engaged in merchandising in the Umpqua valley. Mrs. Hadley died there in 1883, and Mr. Hadley not being so successful as before times sold and returned to Lake county where he suffered from a stroke of par- alysis and died in 1886. Our subject shared the fortunes of his father until 1885 and that year came to the Colville valley. He then wrought in Postfalls, Idaho, was in the Big Bend country, riding after stock, and in 1896 came to his present place, about two miles southwest from Fruitland. Here he owns four hundred acres of land, half timber and half agricultural and is prospered in general farm- ing and in raising stock. Among considerable other stock, Mr. Hadley has a valuable Clyde stallion weighing sixteen hundred pounds. Mr. Hadley came to this section with depleted finances and has by his skill, industry and care- ful handling of the resources of the country came to be one of the prosperous and well to do men of the county.

On July 4, 1891, Mr. Hadley married Miss Annie L., daughter of Bayles B. and Harriet Thorp. The wedding occurred at Walla Walla. Mrs. Hadley was born in Washington, in 1876. Her father died in North Yakima in 1890, but her mother still lives, near Daven-

port. Five children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Hadley, Alice F., Samuel B., Dollie A., Margret L., and Elsie.

ALLEN A. BUCK has always been on the frontier and now that Stevens county is becom- ing one of the old and wealthy portions of Washington, he is entitled to enjoy the com- petence that his widely bestowed and indus- trious efforts have accumulated. He was born in Warren county, Illinois, on January 29, 1850, the son of Norman and Abigal (An -. drews) Buck. The father was born near Cleve- land, came to Illinois, and in 1850 crossed the plains with teams. His father served in the Revolution. From California he returned to New Orleans via Mexico, thence journeyed up. the Mississippi to his home and fitted out a train and started across the plains from Council Bluffs. The Indians attacked them and killed half of their number, destroyed the train and left the remnant to be picked up by another train. After a time in California he returned via Fort Benton to his home. During the war he was drafted, but not being inclined to shed blood of citizens, he turned west with the word that he preferred to fight Indians. With his family, wife, subject, and another son. Murry D., he crossed the plains, settled in Oregon and farmed in the vicinity of Oregon City until his death in 1893. The mother died in 1870. Our subject left home in 1865, came to The Dalles and in 1868 went overland to St. Louis. Until 1870 he was in Denison, Texas, then went to his old home in Illinois. On January 21. 1876, he married Mary A. Gohlman, in Clinton county, Iowa. Her parents, Henry M. and Henrietta (Brinkin) Gohlman, were born in Germany, came to Clinton county and there Mrs. Buck was born on July 7, 1857. She has the following brothers and sisters, Christina Watts, Dora Webels, Hattie, William. Henry,. Martin, Rudolph and John, deceased. Mrs. Buck's parents are still living in Iowa. Mr .. Buck brought his wife to San Francisco, thence to Portland, and later to Dayton. Washington, where he established the first livery of the town. He returned to Oregon City and in 1884 went back to Clinton county. He rail- roaded in Iowa and Nebraska until 1888 and then came to Harrington, Washington. Here

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he depleted his finances raising wheat for sev- eral years and in 1895 came to his present place, six miles southwest from Fruitland, which is now well improved. Mr. Buck de- votes himself largely to raising cattle. He came here with limited means and is now one of the prosperous men of the section. He has a beautiful home and all out buildings neces- sary and an air of thrift permeates the entire premises. Nine children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Buck : Rex, Murry H., Charles, Murl, N., Edith, Allen, Mark, Carlton, deceased, Abigal, deceased. Mr. Buck's maternal grand- father was born in Scotland and followed the sea. He was captain of a vessel wrecked on Cuba and only a few of those on board sur- vived, Later he settled in Warren county, Illi- nois, and was a prominent man there.

WILLIAM S. HATTON. That the ca- reer of this venerable and esteemed gentleman should be outlined in this volume is most fit- ting and it is with pleasure that we are enabled thus to do. He was born in Lawrence county, Kentucky, on April 2, 1821, the son of Jonah ' and Margranet ( Wallace) Hatton. The father was born in Londoun county, Virginia, in 1781. The mother's father, David Wallace, entered the conflict for independence as a private and was soon commissioned as captain and served for seven and one-half years. He was given two thousand six hundred acres of land by the government for these services, the same being located in Ohio. He granted his daughter, our subject's mother, five hundred acres and she and her husband came thither to dwell in 1822. . A decade later they went to Tippecanoe county, Indiana and in 1836 they removed to Muscatine county, Iowa. Our subject received his educa- tion in these various places and in 1837 entered as apprentice to learn carpentering. This has been largely his occupation since those days, albeit he has also done various other things as well.

In Muscatine county, Iowa, our subject married, on January 1, 1845, Miss Sarah John- son, who was born in Fulton county, Indiana, on October 16, 1827. Her parents were Friend and Nancy (Lindsy) Johnson. The father was a gunsmith and served the govern- ment in that capacity for seven years. Our

subject owned a farm in Iowa but gave most of his attention to his trade. On May 11, 1852, he started with his family and his father, his mother having died in 1846, across the plains with teams. The father stood the journey well until the cholera came and he ceased the struggle on Burnt river in eastern Oregon. Mr. Hatton, his wife, and two children landed where Vancouver now is, on October 26, and soon had located. He built the first hotel in Vancouver and assisted the government to erect the first fort there. In 1860 his wife was called from the walks of this earth and he was forced to take up the burdens alone, having a family of children to care for. He engaged in freighting and pulled the first load of drygoods into Lewiston, which was then two tents. He took the first kit of carpenter tools there and wrought and was in the Pierce excitement. By his first wife Mr. Hatton had the following children : Jonah, in Umatilla county, Oregon ; William D., in Lincoln county, Washington; Mrs. Nancy E. Terwilliger, of Pasadena, Cali- fornia; Alonzo E., in Lincoln county ; Mrs. Harriet D. Hadley, also in Lincoln county.

On November 25, 1862, Mr. Hatton mar- ried a second time, Mrs. Elizabeth (Reynard) Yucust becoming his wife then. By her first husband, Mrs. Hatton has two children, Mrs. Alice Whipple, and Charlie Yucust. Mrs. Hat- ton was born in Pike county, Ohio, in 1832, the daughter of Jacob and Julette ( Peterson) Reynard. The father died when this daughter was a child and the mother was called hence at Los Angeles, California. Mrs. Hatton crossed the plains with her first husband in 1852 and settled in Portland. In 1864 Mr. Hatton sold his farm and bought and operated the old Hudson's Bay fishery. In 1868 he sold that and went to Yakima, being one of the first there, where also he built a sawmill. In 1871, he set- tled near Spangle and later went below Colfax, where he did stock raising. Mr. Hatton partici- pated in the Indian wars of the time and was always ready for any emergency. In 1890 Mr. Hatton removed to Lincoln county and in July, 1902, he came to his present place, nine miles southwest from Fruitland. He has a quarter section of good land, well improved, and handled in a becoming manner. By his second marriage, Mr. Hatton has three children : Mrs. Julette Crane, who died in Spokane, on March 15. 1903; Frank B., and Mrs. Nellie M. Car-

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penter, near Fruitland. Mr. Hatton's grand- father lived to be one hundred and eleven years old and was the father of ten boys and one girl, all of whom grew up and were married. Our subject's father had eight girls and one boy, all of whom grew up. Our subject has ten children, all of whom grew up. Thus the three generations were thirty, all of whom grew to maturity.

WILLIAM W. KING resides about five miles southwest from Fruitland on an estate of one-half section, which is well improved with residence and other buildings, besides fences, orchards and so forth. He was born in Jack- son county, Iowa, on December 7, 1869, the son of Benjamin and Maggie A. (Dupuy) King, natives of Pennsylvania and Iowa, respectively. The father came to Iowa in early days, enlisted in the Second Iowa Cavalry and served from 1861 to 1864 and received an honorable dis- charge, having been under Sherman and others. He was in numerous battles and skirmishes. He is now a member of the G. A. R. and is dwelling at Davenport, aged sixty-five. The mother died in Davenport, on April 22, 1899. In 1870, the family removed from Iowa to Jewell county, Kansas, where the father en- tered land. For some years they lived in a sod house with buffalo skins for roof. In the be- ginning of the 'eighties they went to the Black Hills, then to Colorado and in 1884 came to Pendleton. They made these journeys by team and one faithful horse served from Iowa to Pendleton. In 1886 settlement was made in Davenport. Our subject has the following brothers and sisters, Elmer E .. Clara C. Bryant, David D., Alva A. and Alma A., twins, born July 4, 1876, centennial day, and Arthur. In 1890, our subject started out for himself and for a time lived in the vicinity of Davenport. In 1893 he came to his present location. Here he took a homestead and now has a half section.

On March 4. 1891, Mr. King married Miss Grace E., daughter of Charles and Hannah (Lebo) Phar, born in Evansville, Indiana, on November 2, 1830 and in Iowa, on July 17. 1841, respectively. Mrs. King was born in Columbia county, Washington, on August 14, 1873 and has the following brothers and sisters, Isaac E., Mrs. May Owen, Mrs. Talitha Lamb,

John, Mrs. Unicy McNew, William. Mr. Phar came via the isthmus, walking across that strip, to California and mined and in 1856 tought In- dions. He came to Oregon, married and in 1866 located near Dayton, Washington. In 1881, they came to Davenport, where the father died May 15, 1899. Mrs. Phar came across the plains with her parents in 1845 and her father, Isaac Lebo, was the first settler on French prairie in the Willamette valley. He opened the first store in Oregon City, the first in Salem, and operated the first ferry across the river, which is still known as Lebo's ferry. He died on the old homestead on May 13, 1899, aged eighty-six, and his widow passed away on September 18, 1901, aged eighty-four. Mrs. Lebo was a granddaughter of Betsy Boone, a sister of Daniel Boone. Mr. and Mrs. King have one child, William H., born January II, 1893.

ENOCH JOHN REYNOLDS is now one of the retired business men of Colville, and is a venerable and beloved citizen known and highly esteemed by all. He was born in Murray, Ontario, on July 12, 1816 the son of Jesse and Mary Reynolds, natives of Germany and America, respectively. They came to Canada when very young and there passed the balance of their days. The father was a sergeant in the noted Glengary regiment. John received his education from the excellent schools of Ontario and when twenty-two went to Montreal. There and in other ports he was engaged until 1853 when he came to the United States. In Janu- ary, 1863, he enlisted under Captain Wright and General Thomas and served with one brother, three sons, and one son-in-law until the conflict was over. The brother was killed at Lookout Mountain. Following the war, Mr. Reynolds went to Michigan and did general mercandising until 1870. Then he transferred his business to Chicago but later returned to Michigan and embarked in the coal and wood business. Eight years were spent at that when he sold out and bought property in Jackson. In 1878 Mr Reynolds came to Stevens county and bought a farm. which he operated for some time, then took up general merchandising in Marcus. In 1896 he sold his business and now, as the golden days of his years are beginning to

E. JOHN REYNOLDS.

N. B. FRY.

MOSES C. PELTIER.

NORBERT DUPUIS.

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run apace he is enjoying his well earned com- petence in a life of quiet retirement.

In 1839 Mr. Reynolds married Miss Nancy Lovit, and to them seven children were born,- Sarah, Hattie, Edgar, Danile N., William George and Bartlett J. In 1896 Mr. Reynolds was called to mourn the death of his beloved wife. On June 15, 1897, Mr. Reynolds mar- ried Mrs. Emily French, a widow of A. J. French, and daughter of Dr. Henry and Kath- erine (Williams) Jones, natives of New York city. Mrs. Reynolds was reared in New York and Illinois. Her father practiced medicine in Jacksonville, Illinois, for fifty years. She was one of twelve children and had two brothers killed in the Civil war, William and Erastus. She came west to Stevens county in 1893 with her husband, who died in 1896. Mrs. Reynolds has two sisters living. Julia, wife of Dr. Robins. and Louisa Jones. Mrs. Reynolds is a member of the Congregational church. . Mr. and Mrs. Reynolds have the confidence, good will and esteem of all the community.

NATHAN B. FRY. In at least two voca- tions has the subject of this article gained suc- cess. In the industrial world he pays attention to freighting and farming and in addition to this he is an active worker in dispensing the gospel. Mr. Fry owns property in Colville where he is erecting a Universalist church. In addition to this he owns a farm northeast of town and is improving it in a good manner.

Nathan B. Fry was born in Cortland county, New York on April 12, 1834; the son of Olney and Celinda (Bennet) Fry, natives of Rhode Island, and descendants of the early English colonists. They lived fourteen years in New York and in 1836 moved to Illinois, remaining there until 1849; in the year last mentioned they crossed the plains with a family of eleven children. Settlement was made in Marion county and later they moved to Linn county, where the mother died in 1859, and the father in 1894, he being ninety-two years old. Our subject was educated in Illinois and Ore- gon and is the eleventh of seventeen children. When he had reached his majority he took a homestead and devoted his attention to improv- ing that and gaining further and higher educa- tion. Mr. Fry has also given attention to

teaching and during his entire life he has been a man of an active and powerful mind. He remained in Oregon on his farm until 1891 and then removed to his present home place. In 1883 Mr. Fry believed he was called to the min- istry and since that time he has been devoting himself to this calling together with his other business.

In April, 1868, Mr. Fry married Miss Elizabeth F., daughter of Creed and Nancy (Lane) Biggers, natives of Missouri. To this marriage have been born ten children, as fol- lows: Richard B., in Oregon; Elva V., de- ceased, leaving two sons; Minnie, deceased, leaving three children : Elbert L., living in Col- ville ; George, in Linn county, Oregon ; Nathan L., deceased; Alma, in Oregon ; Viola, wife of Ernest Jones. in Colville: Leslie, in Lebanon, Oregon and Vern Z. Mr. Fry is an active Democrat and always takes a keen interest in forwarding those measures which are for the welfare of all and in building up the country and in advancing the morals of the community.

Mr. Fry took an active part in the wars with the Indians in 1855-6. For this service, the government is now reimbursing him by a pension. The state of Oregon allowed him two dollars per day for all active service, which amount he recently received.

MOSES C. PELTIER is to be mentioned as one of the leading men of western Stevens county. He pioneered this country in the eigh- ties and located where Fruitland now is, with very limited means. He erected a log cabin on his homestead and went to selling mer- chandise from a wagon in this and adjoining sections. His stock consisted of fifty dollars worth of goods and from that day to the pres- ent, Mr. Peltier has been a leader in business lines. Soon he succeeded in placing a small stock of goods on his farm, secured the post- office and named it Fruitland, and opened in business. He always used the best of wisdom to select the stock needed for the trade and as the country settled up, Mr. Peltier increased his goods and to-day he has a fine large stock of all kinds of general merchandise and farm im- plements and owns a commodious store, good residence, feed barn, blacksmith and carpenter shops, besides various warehouses, all large and

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well stored with goods and machinery. Mr. Peltier has always labored faithfully for the up-building of this country and has done a grand work in bringing the place to the front. He also does a hotel business and has a good feed barn. Mr. Peltier supplies much of the produce needed in these enterprises from his own farm and handles much from the sur- rounding country.

Referring more to the personal detail of his career we note that Moses C. Peltier was born in St. Roch, Canada, on September 26, 1833, the son of Isaac and Aurelia ( Rochelau) Pel- tier, natives of the same place. They are of French extraction and the father was a shce- maker. Our subject was favored with an ex- cellent education and then worked in a store. In 1854 he came to the United States and until 1860 was in Faribault, Minnesota. There, on June 26, 1859, he married Miss Marguerite C., daughter of Simon and Theotiste (Mauge) Larose. The mother died in Quebec and this daughter came to the United States with her father and dwelt in Faribault. She was born at Varennes on the St. Lawrence in the prov- ince of Quebec, on April 10, 1841. In 1860, Mr. Peltier was assistant postmaster under state senator George H. Skinner, and that year he started with his young bride to the coast. At Omaha they fell in with other emi- grants and together they travelled to Placer- ville. For a time Mr. Peltier mined and then went to Nevada where he remained until 1884. Then came a journey to Pendleton, later an- other to Spokane, and in 1886 he settled on his present place. Since then we have outlined nis career, but it remains to be said that in all this time Mr. Peltier has so conducted himself that he has won the confidence and esteem of all. This worthy couple have no children but have raised three orphans, the children of Elvi N. Peltier, and named as follows: Mrs. Regina Pijeon, in Humboldt county, California; Mrs. Louisa A. McRea, whose husband is a physi- cian in Fruitland; Wilfred J., a farmer near Fruitland.

By way of reminiscence, it is interesting to note that Mr. Peltier paid four hundred dollars per thousand for lumber and fifty dollars per sack for flour in Nevada. He has made several fortunes but lost heavily in different ventures and is now handling a large and lucrative bus- iness.

NORBERT DUPUIS. Who, but those experiencing them, will ever understand the hardships, the dangers and the trying and ardu- ous labors that were performed by those who opened this country for civilization? Without doubt the subject of this brief review is one of the worthy men in this commendable labor and as such it is with pleasure that we grant him recognition in the volume that recounts the his- tory of Stevens county.

Norbert Dupuis was born in Montreal, Canada, on December 3, 1830, the son of Exebia and Flavia (Demars) Dupuis, natives of Canada, where they remained until their death. Our subject was raised on the frontier and he is a thorough student of nature. His education consisted in understanding how to cope with the forces and resources of nature rather than technical knowledge from the printed page. The result was that Mr. Dupuis is and has been a very practical man. In 1851 he came to the United States and located in Wisconsin. One year later we find him in St. Louis, engaging himself with the American Fur Company for which institution he labored for three years through the Dakotas and Mon- tana. In 1855 he came west with Governor Stevens to Walla Walla, then went to Van- couver and packed for the government for two years. In 1857 he came to Stevens county mining, which work continued until 1865 and was followed all over Washington, British Col- umbia, and Montana. Finally in 1866, he set- tled on a piece of land about three miles north of where Chewelah now stands. He has a good farm which produces annually gratifying divi- dends, and in addition to handling it in a skill- ful manner, he raises a good deal of stock.

In 1865, Mr. Dupuis married Miss Eliza- beth McCloud. Mrs. Dupuis' father was Don- ald McCloud, a native of Scotland and her mother was a native of Washington. They were the parents of twelve children, eleven of whom are now living. To Mr. and Mrs. Dupuis the following named children have been born : Orson, Frank, Aggie Clairmont, Jacob, Rose. Green, James, Alexander, Viotel, Maggie and Addie. In September, 1891, Mrs. Dupuis was called to lay down the burdens of life and participate in the scenes of the world beyond. She had been a devout member of the Catholic church to which the rest of the family are ad- herents. Mr. Dupuis is an active Republican

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and always interested in upbuilding and progress.

By way of reminiscence, Mr. Dupuis states that in early times, before the government troops came in, it was almost impossible to . make any headway in raising stock, as the In- dians stole them as fast as the settlers could raise them.

On one occasion, Mr. Dupuis and seven companions were caught away from provisions in the wilds and were obliged to subsist on one coyote and one crow for nine days. These were some of the hardships endured by the sturdy pioneers who have given us this re- sourceful country.

HENRY TROGER is one of the pioneers of the Hunters country in Stevens county, hav- ing come here on an anniversary of his birth- day, August 23, 1882. His fine estate of one section of land lies about two miles southwest from Hunters and is a first class place. He set- tled on a quarter section, and had but little means besides a team and wagon. Since then he has continued here with industry and close attention to business and has now a large es- tate, well improved with large eight room house, two commodious barns, irrigating ditch, plenty of fencing and so forth. He handles about one hundred acres to timothy and alfalfa. corn and other crops and is a prosperous man.

Henry Troger was born in the vicinity of Pittsburg, Pennsylvania, on August 23, 1851. the son of Andrew and Catherine Troger, na- tives of Germany. They came to this country when young, married in Pennsylvania and later came to Iowa county, Iowa, where our subject grew up and was educated. In 1874. in com- pany with his brother, Louis, he went to Plumas county, California and there wrought for wages for six years. In 1880, they came to Lincoln county, before Wilbur was located, and then journeyed on to the present place. Here loca- tion was made and here has been the scene of his labors since. Few settlers were above the month of the Spokane in this section.

On September 29, 1886, Mr. Troger mar- ried Miss Cora, daughter of James and Martha (Cleveland) Hunter, among the very first set- lers of this part of Stevens county. Mrs. Tro-

ger was born in California. Five children have been born to this union, Carl A., Bessie A., Neil R., Alma H., Henry I. Mr. Troger takes. a keen interest in local matters and especially. in educational affairs. His father died in Iowa recently but the mother still lives there.

DANIEL HOUSE is one of the sturdy men whose labors in Stevens county have re- sulted in great good in opening the country, while he has always manifested an uprightness in his walk quite commendable. His labors have been rewarded, as is fitting, in the posses- sion now of a good home place of one quarter section of good land, mostly irrigated, which is well improved, while his comfortable residence of eleven rooms, with other buildings, mani- fests the results of good taste and thrift. Dan- iel House was born on July 10, 1846, in the province of Baden, Germany, his introduction to life being close where rolls the Rhine. His parents, John and Magdalene House, were born there also in 1794 and 1805, respectively. The father died in December, 1846. On New Year's day, 1851, the mother, with our subject, his brother and five sisters, landed in New York. They immediately took teams to make their way over the mountains to Pittsburg. This was an hazardous undertaking in the dead of winter and three of the train perished in the cold. Three sisters of our subject were badly frozen but did not perish. In the spring fol- lowing they all came to Mooresville, Morgan county, Indiana, and five years later thence to Iowa. In 1858, our subject and his mother came to Burt county, Nebraska where he en- tered a homestead. There, on July 20, 1871, he married Miss Jane C. Jensen, whose parents were natives of Norway. In 1880 Mrs. House, the mother of our subject, was called to rest. The home continued to be in Nebraska until 1888, when they came to Forest Centre, Ste- vens county and remained there until 1893, when a move was made to the present place. Mr. and Mrs. House have displayed commend- able zeal and close attention to their labors here and have been rewarded with the competence that is fitting. They are the parents of fifteen children, eleven of whom are living named as follows : Nellie, wife of William Carpenter, of Hunters; Annie, wife of James Steele; Mary,

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Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 45

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