Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 46

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wife of August Hunt ; Edward; Charlie; John ; Bertha; Ralph; Dollie; Minnie and Daniel. Mr. and Mrs. House are devoted members of the Seventh Day Adventist church.

ALBERT F. ALLISON. It is ever a pleasure to be privileged to recount, even though in brief, the details of the careers of the early pioneers, whose labors have resulted in such rich legacies to those who came afterward to these now wealthy countries. Prominent among those who deserve credit for pioneer labor in western Stevens county we are con- strained to mention the subject of this article, who is one of the substantial and upright young men of the vicinity of Fruitland. Albert F. Allison was born in Sutter county, California. on April 4. 1872, the son of James N. and Nellie L. Allison, mentioned in this work. With his parents he went to Humboldt county and in 1882 came with them overland to Fort Spokane. Thence they made their way after exploration to their present home place, three miles east from Fruitland. Our subject re- mained with his parents on the home ranch and in handling stock and in freighting. He was ever manifesting industry and when man- hood's estate came he secured his present place of one quarter section three miles east from Fruitland, where he does general farming and raises cattle.

On December 25. 1894. Mr. Allison mar- ried Miss Addie L., daughter of Henry and Lois Bennett. The father came to this country in 1884. Mr. Allison has a thorough acquain- tance with this country and has done good work in assisting to develop and open it to civiliza- tion. He is of excellent standing in the com- munity and manifests real worth of character.

DANIEL D. LAYTON is one of Wash- ington's pioneers and well he has sustained that character in his good labors in the past quar- ter of a century here. He was born in Craw- ford county, Pennsylvania, on September II, 1848, the son of Hiram and Julia ( Mahonia) Layton, natives. respectively, of Connecticut and Ireland. The father was a shoemaker and bought the old tannery that was formerly

owned by John Brown of national fame, and that was the place of the birth of our subject. Daniel was educated in the public schools until fourteen and then went into the oil regions above Pittsburg. In 1865, he came to Cleve- land and with two others started with teams to Iowa. Later he travelled to Omaha and in Ne- braska, Dakota, and Iowa he was engaged variously until 1874 when he came to San Francisco. Next we see him logging in Lake county and in the centennial year he was in Victoria and the Fraser river country. Later he explored the regions about Sitka, returned to California, came back to The Dalles, and in 1878 came to Spokane and located at Medical lake before there was a town there. He put in a sawmill and later built a hotel in Sprague. He, with Bishop and Brower, first brought out the famous Medical lake salts. Next we see Mr. Layton erecting a sawmill at the mouth of Hawk creek on the Columbia, where he operated continually, with the exception of four years spent in ranching and raising stock, until 1901. In that year Mr. Layton removed the plant to the mouth of Oro Potham creek, on the Columbia, where he is engaged at the present. The mill cuts about ten thousand feet per day and is equipped with planer and so forth to turn out all finished products needed. The steamboat lines have established a landing at his mill and a store and postoffice will be lo- cated there in a short time. The town is in an embryonic stage but it bids fair to be one of the good points of the county.

DEWEY H. DUNHAM. Although the subject of this biographical mention came to this section of western Stevens county a few years since with but very limited means, he has so manipulated the resources placed in his hands that at the present time he is one of the pros- perous men of the section. He has a good farm five miles northeast from Fruitland, which is supplied with two dwellings, two large barns, good fences, orchards and so forth, and produces annually good returns in crops. From the first years of coming here, Mr. Dun- ham started a dairy with cattle he took to win- ter and the first year he made enough on the milk sold to the Deer Trail mines to buy his cows. Two years since he was forced to aban-

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don this occupation as his health was failing. Since he has devoted himself to general farm- ing and stock raising.

Dewey H. Dunham was born in Butler county, Iowa, on March 21, 1871, the son of Isaac K. and Lucy M. (Coffin) Dunham. The father was born in Vermont, seventy-eight years ago and the mother first saw the light in Wisconsin, sixty-seven years since. Their marriage occurred when she was seventeen and eight children were born to them, Luellen, Henrietta, Melvin, Edwin R., Hattie Wells, all deceased, Minnie, and Dewey H., our sub- ject. The father was a carpenter and wrought for the government during the Civil War. The family lived in Butler county, Iowa, and in various places in Kansas. In 1892 the father brought them to Seattle whither our subject and his brother, Edwin, had previously come. In 1897 Edwin started to Alaska and the steamer with all on board have never been heard from. Our subject landed in Seattle with fifty cents but plenty of stamina and grit. Soon he was at work and later did contracting but was unfortunate to lose all and in 1894, he came to his present place. This was bought from the railroad and all the improvement in- dicate the industry and good planning of our subject. His parents are dwelling in one of the residences on his farm.

On June 23, 1900, Mr. Dunham married Miss Alpha, daughter of Thomas and Emma (Duncan) Harp. She was born in Oklahoma territory in 1879. Two children have been born to this couple, Elmer, born June 26, 1901, and Minnie, born September 1I, 1902.

GRANT MARTIN is not only a land- owner and farmer of the western part of Ste- vens county but is also interested in the manu- facture of lumber. His mill is located about six miles east from Fruitland in Cedar canyon, while his farm of one-half section is about five miles north from Hunters. Grant Martin was born in Clinton, Missouri, on April 10, 1867, the son of Azariah and Lutitia (Ingman) Martin, natives of Indiana and Missouri, re- spectively. The father was a miller, belonged to the Home Guards in Missouri, and was an active business man. Our subject was with his parents in Missouri, Illinois and finally

came with them to Washington. He had se- cured a good education from the public schools and in Washington, near Spokane, he embarked in the sawmilling business with his father. In 1891, he came to Hunters and here he has made his home since.

On April 19, 1894, Mr. Martin married Miss Georgia, daughter of George A. and Phoebe ( Messinger) Cornwall. The wedding occurred in Hunters and Mrs. Martin was born in California. They have one child, Reuel E., born October 26, 1898.

Mr. Martin has his place well improved but is now making his home near the mill. It is a well equipped plant with machinery for mak- ing all finished products needed in building, as finished lumber, lath, singles, together with all kinds of lumber. Mr. Martin has a partner, George McCullough. He was born in Indiana county, Pennsylvania, on November 8, 1875 and is an experienced saw mill man. His father, Rev. A. W. Mccullough, was a pro- fessor in the high school and a minister in the Lutheran church. Mr. Mccullough came west in 1895 and since has made his home in this vicinity most of the time. He owns two hun- dred and twenty acres of land and is a young man of good standing.

JAMES N. ALLISON. About three miles east from Fruitland is located the fine residence and estate of the subject of this re- view. A score of years ago, Mr. Allison made his way through the then wild country, selected this place and went back to Fort Spokane, where his family and stuff were, and took the light wagon and made his way to the spot. The heavier vehicles could not be brought in. From that time to the present, he and his faithful wife, who has always displayed true courage and worth, have wrought to bring up their family and build a home, which have been accomplished with gratifying success.

James N. Allison was born in Madison county, Kentucky, on November 4, 1839, and his parents, Edward and Sarah Allison, were natives of the same place. In 1847 the family went to Platte county, Missouri, and in the spring of 1850 they came to Nevada county, California across the plains, meeting difficulty with the Indians at Humboldt river. Later

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they mined at French Corrall and there on Jan- uary 10, 1866, our subject married Miss Nellie L., daughter of Liba and Sarah ( Bradish ) Washburn, natives of Vermont and New York. respectively. They removed to Jackson county. Michigan, where Mrs. Allison was born Au- gust 15, 1845. Mr. Washburn was a lawyer, made a raise on Poorman's creek, and voted the first Republican ticket in Sutter county, Cali- fornia. He was a prominent and influential man there and in Nevada, where he lived later. He first came alone to seek gold, then returned and brought his family via the isthmus. The mother of Mrs. Allison was an invalid for years and died at French Corrall on September 3, 1864. The father died in Stevens county in 1890 and is buried on Mr. Allison's ranch. Our subject raised stock in Sutter county until 1875 and then went to Paradise valley in Nevada. In 1882 he came with a band of horses to Fort Spokane and thence as we have related to his present place. Five children were in the family then and the hardships of frontier life and journeying in a prairie schooner were all endured by the family. The estate of Mr. Allison is one of the best here, the residence is situated in a most sightly place and the orchard, the first in the country, is fine. Mr. Allison and his wife have labored faithfully and wisely and have manifested great interest in all progres- sive movements and in building up the country. They have six children, Armillia F., wife of J. S. McLean; Liba E., married to Laura Thomas; Lucy A., wife of Edward S. Sulli- van; Albert F., married to Addie Bennett; Pearl L., wife of James L. Ross; James C., the third white child born in the Fruitland val- ley. All live near Fruitland. Mrs. Allison's grandfather, Daniel Bradish, was a patriot in the Revolution, an officer in the war of 1812 and died in 1857, in his ninety-ninth year.

JAMES A. SEWELL is certainty to be classed with the prosperous and substantial citi- zens of Stevens county and it is with pleasure that we accord to him representation in this volume. He was born in Meigs county, Ohio, on January 2, 1863, the son of Joel and Amanda (Berkley) Sewell, natives of Ohio and West Virginia, respectively. The father served in the Civil War and in his third battle

he was so seriously wounded that he soon died in the hospital. The mother now resides in Oklahoma and last year was here visiting the subject of this article. She is in her sixty- ninth year. Our subject was educated and reared in his native place and on May 28. 1885, married Miss Nellie A., daughter of William and Catherine A. ( Tresiza) Saunders. Mrs. Sewell was a schoolmate of her husband and was reared in the same neighborhood. Her parents are deceased. Our subject and his wife started the year of their marriage to the Black Hills and later came on by team to Spokane, where they remained until selecting a home place on Deep creek. Three years later they re- moved to Springdale and thence to the vicinity of Fruitland, in the spring of 1890. In 1898, they bought land and now have a farm of two hundred and eighty acres, well improved, and supplied with plenty of water and irrigating ditches. The place is well adapted to stock raising and in addition to that Mr. Sewell does general farming. To Mr. and Mrs. Sewell five children have been born, Effie M., deceased, Bertha A., Ethel L., Rena M., Pearl, deceased. Mr. Sewell is active in educational affairs and interested in local matters. He and his wife are members of the Seventh Day Adventist church.

HENRY D. BOYES resides about five miles east from Fruitland on two hundred and forty acres of good land which he secured by purchase in 1898. The place is well supplied with good spring water, is over half under cul- tivation and in addition to general farming Mr. Boyes raises stock. He was born in Mont- gomery county, Missouri, on March 7, 1849, the son of John B. and Lucinda (Perry) Boyes, natives of Virginia. In 1853, the fam- ily came across the plains to California. The train was large and the Indians hostile but none were killed by the savages. En route our subject was kicked by an ox and injured by the wagon passing over him, which delayed the train several days. One man had a mule and horse hitched to a light rig and when the mule died he took his place and traveled thus for some time. Later he secured a cow to hitch with his horse. Settlement was made in Shasta county where they were forced to fight the savages almost to extermination before they

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would desist from attacks. In 1856 they re- moved to Sonoma county and there the mother died in 1868. In 1871, our subject went to San Francisco and learned ornamental wire working and followed it for five years. He had the following brothers and sisters: James, William R., John F., Sylvester, Charles P., Mrs. Martha Martin, Mrs. Mary Hunt, Mrs. Lucy Markell, Ella, Mrs. Missouri Howard and Elizabeth.

On August 20, 1873, in San Francisco, Mr. Boyes married Miss Jennie M., daughter of Francis A. and Annie (Foley) Burge, natives of London, England, and Ireland, respectively. The parents were married in Australia and came to San Francisco in 1852 where they both died. They were the parents of nine children, of whom Mrs. Boyes is the oldest and the only one living. Our subject removed to Sonoma county in 1877 and three years later to where Davenport now stands, there being one house there then. He located a homestead three miles northeast and in 1895 removed to Spokane. Three years later he came to his present place and has been numbered with the industrious farmers here since. Mr. Boyes is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the A. O. U. W. Mrs. Boyes is a member of the Catholic church. Nine children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Boyes, Mrs. Mable Lyons, Francis A., Mrs. Ella J. Yarnwood, Mary L., Henrietta F., all deceased, and Katie E., Emma C., Sarah F., and Lillian E. Mr. Boyes has had much dif- ficulty to contend with, accompanied with sick- ness and death in his family, but he has always manifested sterling worth and is now being prospered. His father came with him to Dav- enport and there died in 1886.

ALVAH E. LUCE is one of the substan- tial men of southwestern Stevens county, and although he has spent most of his life on the frontiers of the west, still he has never prac- ticed the use of intoxicating beverages or to- bacco and has never gambled, always preferring to keep his integrity rather than mingle in the excesses of so many frontiersmen. He was born in Chautauqua county, New York, on June 8, 1861, the son of Aaron and Victoria (Christy) Luce, natives also of the county where our subject was born. Alvah spent his early days in his native place and secured a

good educational training from the public schools. When seventeen he came to Bramah county, Michigan, and wrought for three years on salary. Then came a trip to his home and thence he went to Brown county, Dakota. He took a preemption there when he could see but three houses. When he left a short time later, he could count one hundred and twenty-five claim houses from his door. He went back to Minnesota and in 1885 came to Lincoln county and followed breaking horses. Mr. Luce never found that horse yet which he could not sub- due and his reputation for taming and hand- ling wild horses was of the very best in Lincoln county. On one occasion he assisted to round up two thousand horses in one band.

On April 5, 1892, Mr. Luce married Miss Ollie, daughter of William and Minerva Mark- wick, and to them have been born six children, Homer A., Ruth O., Irene, Herbert H., Ethel, and Hazel. Following his marriage, Mr. Luce devoted himself to farming and raising stock and in 1902 he came to his present place, four miles south from Fruitland. Here he owns two hundred and forty acres of good land, which is supplied with comfortable improve- ments, good orchard, and plenty of water and is especially adapted for raising stock. Mr. Luce is a member of the W. W., and has one brother and three sisters, Elbert M., Eleanor, deceased, Mrs. Georgia Russell, and Mrs. Leanore Russell.

FREDERICK L. CASTNER. From the frontier regions of the middle west, came the subject of this article, to make a home in the fertile sections of Washington and after ex- ploration decided in 1897, to settle on his pres- ent place, four miles southeast from Fruitland, where he owns one hundred and sixty acres and does farming and raises stock. Frederick L. Castner was born in Morris county, New Jersey, on March 16, 1848, the son of S. M. and Mary (Heldbrant) Castner, also natives of New Jersey. The father served in the Re- bellion. When seven, our subject came with the balance of the family to Bureau county, Illinois, and secured there his education. In March, 1862, he enlisted in Company G, Fifty- seventh Illinois Infantry, and served under Grant and later under Sherman. He partici- pated in the battles of Corinth and the march

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to the sea, besides many skirmishes and other battles. His regiment was detained by a rail- road wreck so as not to be able to participate in the battle of Altoona Pass, but they buried the dead. In February, 1864, he re-enlisted in the same company and went through all the hardships that a soldier could undergo, with- out being wounded or in prison and when all was over he participated in the grand review in Washington. Thence he was sent to Chi- cago and there was mustered out on July 7, 1865, receiving his discharge on the twelfth. Mr. Castner was a natural-born traveler, and from the Canadian border to the gulf he has visited all the important middle states and western places and has been in thirty-one states of the union. He was railroading much of the time and also engaged in other occupa- tions.

On June 27, 1878, at Lesueur Center, Minnesota, Mr. Castner married Miss Clara E., daughter of Jolin and Jane ( Davis) Ritch- eye, natives of Germany and Illinois, respect- ively. In 1881, Mr. Castner removed to the frontier of Dakota, and there remained until 1890, when he came overland with his family to Old Mission, Idaho. The following spring they came to Addie and in 1897 to his pres- ent place. Seven children have been born to this union, Emma J., wife of Charles Park, in Sherman, Washington ; Fannie, wife of Arthur Burns; Frederick L., James E., Richard, Es- tella G., Clara E. Mr. Castner is a member of the G. A. R., and is always active in bettering educational facilities and is an enterprising and progressive man. He was frequently visited by the Sioux and left Dakota just before an uprising. A gentleman, his wife and five chil- dren were the victims of an awful murder in New Jersey, known as the Changewater case. This unfortunate man was an uncle to our subject's father.

WILLIAM P. COLLEY. In 1897 the subject of this biographical review settled in Stevens county, his estate being two miles southeast from Fruitland. Mr. Colley now does general farming and raises stock. He was born in Walla Walla, Washington, on July 20, 1867, the son of Carroll Colley. The father was born in Kentucky and migrated to Missouri where he married Miss Zelda Dale. About

the time of the outbreak of the Rebellion, they journeyed across the plains and settled in Walla Walla. The father freighted to the various mining camps for several years and then opened the Missouri livery in Walla Walla, which he conducted until his stables were burned. His death occurred in 1883. His widow married John Halgren, and is now living with her daughter, Mrs. Lizzie O'Donnell, near Fruit- land. She has one other daughter, Mrs. Kate McCormick. Our subject was furnished with limited education in his youthful days, which, however, he has supplemented with careful in- vestigation in later years. He was a success- ful race-horse rider and followed it in Wash- ington and Oregon and other places. After leaving the track he rode the range for several years and in 1889 settled in Lincoln county and took up stock raising. He was engaged in this until the date of his removal to his present place and here Mr. Colley has shown himself an industrious man, enterprising in the develop- ment of the country.

On November 17, 1898, Mr. Colley mar- ried Miss Kate, daughter of Richard and Han- nah Barnett, natives of Ireland and now living near Fruitland. To this marriage two children have been born, Richard W. and Lottie. Mr. Barnett was born in July 14, 1822, and came to the United States in 1830, locating at Bos- ton. Later he went to sea and for many years wrought before the mast. He then came to Wisconsin where his home continued to be un- til 1884, when he removed to Lincoln county, and thence two years later to his present place. He married Miss Hannah O'Keep, who was born in 1838, and came to the United States with her parents at the age of thirteen.

WILLIAM O. VANHORN dwells about five miles southeast from Fruitland, on an es- tate of four hundred acres, which he purchased in 1900. The place is well adapted to raising stock and produces abundant crops of the suc- culent alfalfa, as well as other things in propor- tion. Mr. Vanhorn has improved the place and is handling some stock in addition to general farming. Outside of these enterprises, he is heavily interested in mining and is president of the Silver Basin Mining Company, whose properties his brothers discovered. They have

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the mines well equipped with machinery and are shipping ore via Davenport at this time. Previous to opening this property, Mr. Van- horn discovered the Deertrail, Number Two, which has produced over one million dollars worth of ore.

William O. Vanhorn was born in Miami county, Ohio, on March 10, 1854, the son of Isaac and Amanda E. (Hunt) Vanhorn. The father was born in Bucks county, Pennsylvania, and the farm of his nativity is now included in the city of Philadelphia. His ancestors were from Holland and his grandfather was one of the noted "Boston tea party." His name was William H. Vanhorn. His grandson, William H. Vanhorn, is now president of the Canadian Pacific. Edward H. Vanhorn, the grandfather of our subject, fought in the war of 1812. One great uncle lies buried in Trinity churchyard in New York. The father served in the war of the Rebellion and received an honorable dis- charge. The mother of our subject was a na- tive of Ohio and her father, Isaac Hunt, burned the brick which was used in the erection of the first brick edifice in Cincinnati. The parents died in Oregon and left the following children, William O., Milton R., Francis M., Isaac L., deceased, David H., Lewis L., Frank, and Walter. The family started to Mis- souri in 1865 and changed their minds and crossed the plains to Oregon. There our sub- ject was reared and educated and in 1879 came thence to Lincoln county, settling on a farm near Davenport, when but few settlers were in the county.

At Spokane, on March 29, 1897, Mr. Van- horn married Miss Ida O. Ingebretson, and four children have been born to that union, Minnie F., Horace A., Warren E. and Stella J.

GEORGE NEUMANN. Some time in 1886, George Neumann landed in Cheney, Washington, and in April of the same year penetrated to the country where he now resides, he being one of three settlers then in this sec- tion. He settled on his present place, about four miles southeast from Fruitland, and at once set to work to build a home. He has succeeded in an admirable manner as is testi- fied by his valuable place, all of which he has cleared from the timber. He has good improve-

ments, raises abundant crops and handles stock.

George Neumann was born in Mecklenburg,. Germany, on April 5, 1858, the son of Adolph. and Carolina Neumann, both now deceased .. Our subject was well educated in his native place, and remained on the farm with his par- ents during his minority. At the age of twen- ty-one he enlisted in the German army and served three years. In 1884, he landed in New York and later went to Milwaukee. He had learned the cheesemaker's art in the old coun- try, and followed it two years in Milwaukee. Then came the trip to Cheney, mentioned above. Mr. Neumann has his place well watered from a spring creek and the out range is abundant.

Fraternally he is affiliated with the Foresters at Davenport, and in political matters he sup- ports the principles of the Democratic party. Two brothers, Hans and Werner, live in this same vicinity.

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Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 46

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