Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 49

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Publication date: 1904
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in smoke. Nothing daunted, he built again and a second time all his possession and build- ings and goods were consumed by fire. Phoenix- like, Mr. Keough arose a third time and erected better buildings than before, having now a commodious barn, outbuildings, and a beautiful ten room residence. All the other improvements are commensurate therewith and his broad acres of hay and crops, together with his large herd manifest the prosperity of the Keough estate. In 1897, Mr. Keough and his sons located a copper claim which they sold re- cently for sixty thousand dollars. He is also in- terested în the dead meadow group, for which interest he was recently offered thirty thousand dollars.

On March 25, 1874, occurred the marriage of Mr. John Keough and Mrs. Julina Bucks. Her parents, James and Susan McClelland were natives of Kansas and Tennessee respec- tively. The father was a scout for General Lane during the Civil War and before the con- flict ended he perished. The mother crossed the plains in 1873 and settled in Stevens county in 1880, where she now lives. Mr. and Mrs. McClelland were parents of eleven children : Sarah, James, Albert, Susan J., Hester, Rob- ert, John W., Perlee, Julina, Suphrona and Daniel. By her former marriage, Mrs. Keough has one child, Orillis. Mr. and Mrs. Keough have the following children : William H., John W., Albert E., Louis D., and Otto O. Mr. Keough is a Republican and ever active for the welfare and the upbuilding of the community. He is a member of the A. F. & A. M. and the I. O. O. F. and Mrs. Keough is a member of the Rebekahs.

HARRY M. SEIGLE. The home of the subject of this article is on a fine estate adjoin- ing Marcus on the south, and is so situated that from his veranda he can view the sur- round country and the rolling Columbia for many miles. Mr. Seigle is an orchardist and is one of the well known and substantial citizens of Stevens county. He was born in Phillips- burg, New Jersey, on May 11, 1867. His par- ents, Jacob and Nar ( Metgler) Seigle, were natives of New Jersey where also they died. The father was a merchant, and was related to General Sigel, a well known general of the Civil War. Our subject was educated and reared in

his native place until sixteen. His first ven- ture was employment in a store for one dollar and a half a week. Some time after this he went to Brooklyn and took passage to Eagle Rock, Idaho, and as he had very little money the trip was frought with much hardship and self denial. He secured such work as grubbing sage brush and so forth at various places until he arrived in the mining country, where he at once engaged at four dollars per day and con- tinued in this employment for nearly two years. He returned to the east on a visit and then came back to the mines. Later he went to Magdalena, Mexico and worked in the Wild Turk mine. Next we see him in Honduras, South America, then he did placer mining near Bogota. Not being successful, he returned to San Francisco and later worked his way to the Coeur d'Alene country where he remained until the fire in Spokane. Subsequent to that dis- aster he opened a cigar store in that city and later he left that for prospecting in British Col- umbia and northern Washington. He was quite successful and made some good sales. In 1894 he settled on his present place, known as the Brier Rest, and since then he has devoted himself entirely to improving the estate and raising fruit.

In 1884 Mr. Seigle married Miss Madge A. Weller. To Mr. and Mrs. Seigle have been born two children: Viola and Ralph. Mr. Seigle is liberal in political matters. Mrs. Seigle is a member of the First Presbyterian church. They are people of good standing and have a host of friends.

MILLARD F. BELKNAP. The subject of this article is a native of the Occident and be- neath the stars of this favored region he has passed his existence until the present time. Mr. Belknap is to be numbered among the success- ful and substantial stockmen of Stevens county. His estate of two hundred and forty acres lies five and a half miles south from Colville, and is one of the valuable and successfully handled places of the valley. It is well improved with buildings, fences, and orchards, while in addi- tion to the annual crops it supports consider- able stock.

Millard F. Belknap was born in Benton county, Oregon on October 19, 1852, the son of George and Keturah (Renton) Belknap,

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natives of Kentucky. In 1848 they were emi- grants in a train that dragged its weary way from the Missouri river to the Willamette val- ley and no one but those who have experienced that unique pilgrimage will ever understand the deprivation and sufferings which the pilgrims of those early days were called upon to endure. They had many encounters with the savages, but fate decreed that none of their little band should bleach their bones on the desert sands of the plains. In due time, settlement was made in Benton county, and that was the home of the parents until 1878. Then they removed to Spokane county, Washington where they lived until 1895. In that year they returned to their Oregon home and there in September, 1898, the father was called to depart the scenes of earth. The mother is now visiting relatives in Washington. Our subject was educated in Benton county, and his life was spent with his father for thirty-five years. Then he moved to his present location, took a homestead and bought a quarter section and here he has be- stowed his labors since.

On March 9, 1892, Mr. Belknap married Miss Alice, daughter of Levi and Sarah ·( Moore) Cross, natives of West Virginia and North Carolina, respectively. They came to the vicinity of Latah, Washington, in 1890 and nine years later the mother died. Mr. Cross is still smart and active, aged seventy-nine. Mr. Belknap is a good, active Republican and is always found in his place in the conventions as well as the campaigns.

GEORGE H. WISNER. In at least two lines of industry has the subject of this article achieved much success, and this desirable end has been brought about by the native ability, skill and enterprise of which he is liberally pos- sessed. His home is four miles east from Col- ville and there he conducts a good farm and handles a fine sawmill; his mill has a capacity of eighteen thousand feet per day and during the last season he has handled over one million feet of lumber.

George H. Wisner was born in Prince Ed- ward Island, on November 12, 1842, the son of James and Margeret (McClaren) Wisner, na- tives of Prince Edward Island and Scotland, respectively. They were married in the former

place and there remained until their death. The father passed away, aged seventy-five, and the mother died when our subject was very young. The mother's family built the first cioth mill in St. Edward Island, and the same is in opera- tion until this day. They were prominent and wealthy people. Our subject has the following brothers and sisters: James, William, Maria, Trophey, Wellington, and Margret. George H. educated himself, largely, and at the age of sixteen entered the navy, spending one year in that position. Then he returned home and served an apprenticeship with his father who was .a millwright. In 1866 he came to the United States and took up contracting and building. In 1887 he came to Washington, and from Spokane Falls to the Little Dalles he built all the railroad bridges. About this time Mr. Wisner took a homestead four miles east of Colville. He has improved it in good manner, with fences and orchards and in addition there- to has erected and operated the mills spoken of above.

On March 13. 1879, occurred the marriage of Mr. Wisner and Miss Minne, daughter of Ruel and Mary J. ( Haynes) Bickford, of Maine. Recently they moved to Michigan and now reside there. They were the parents of eleven children, six of whom are living : Sarah, Mary E., Minnie, Alma, Ruel and Nellie. To Mr. and Mrs. Wisner, four children have been born : Elsie M., born July 17. 1880, and now the wife of Hugh Galbraith, of British Col- umbia ; Irviene R., born January 8, 1883, now serving in the hospital corps in the Philippine Islands; Bessie and Bertha, at home, the former born February 24, 1885. and the latter September 12, 1888. Mr. Wisner has been a member of the A. F. and A. M. for thirty years. He and his wife are communicants of the Baptist church and are people of excellent standing in the community.

HARRY B. LANE lives about two miles south of Meyers Falls and devotes himself to farming and raising stock. He was born in Lake county, Oregon on March 6, 1876, the son of R. B. and Mary C. (Willis) Lane, na- tives of Indiana and Missouri, respectively. They crossed the plains in 1852 and settled in Douglas county, Oregon. In 1880 they came

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to Lincoln county, and four years later to Stevens county. In 1890 they moved to Seattle, where they now live. Nine children were born to these worthy people: V. J., Charles W., Harry, C. P., Robert, M. R., Ed- gar, and Inez. Our subject was a grandson of General Joseph Lane of the Civil War, and re- ·lated to Lafayette, a noted statesman of Ore- gon, and also of Dr. Harry Lane of Portland. Harry B. received his education in the common schools and quit the books when he was six- teen. He then began to work on the different farms, until he located on the place where he now lives. In addition to handling his farm ·he does a good deal of timber work in the win- ter. Mr. Lane also owns some fine mining property on Flat creek, this county.

In 1901 Mr. Lane married Miss Hattie, daughter of Charles and Eva (Sutton) Rosen- crans, natives of New York and Ohio, respec- tively. They came west in 1890 and now dwell in Meyers Falls. Mrs. Lane has three brothers : Charlie, Ned, and Elmer deceased. One child, Orval, has been born to Mr. and Mrs. Lane.

JAMES T. SALVAGE. In the industrial world of Stevens county, the subject of this sketch stands well, having been connected with the manufacture of lumber and lumber pro- ducts here for more than a decade. He has built numerous mills throughout the county and is now erecting one at Meyers Falls. His home is at Addy where he owns a good resi- dence, a number of lots and other property. He also owns property in Spokane, Colville, and Meyers Falls. James T. Salvage was born in Marcelles, New York, on June 21, 1867, the son of John and Emma ( Philips) Salvage, na- tives of England and New York, respectively. In 1869 the family moved to Iowa, where they farmed for nine years. Then they journeyed on to Kansas, and there the mother died in 1885. In 1888 the father came to Stevens county where he now resides. They were the parents of five children : James T., the subject of this article; John F., George E., Carry and William. At the age of eleven, James left school at Butler county, in Kansas, and went to work on a sheep ranch. He followed that for a good many years. Upon arriving in Ste- vens county Mr. Salvage embarked in the saw

milling business and has given his entire atten- tion to it since that date. He is known as one of the most skillful saw mill men in the Colville country.

In 1893 Mr. Salvage married Miss Emma, daughter of George and Mercy (Hood) Chamberlain, natives of New York. From New York, the parents came to Nebraska, thence to Kansas and in 1890 to the Big Bend country. Later they came to Stevens county and here the father died in 1894. Mrs. Salvage has four brothers, George S., William, Frank, and Theodore. To Mr. and Mrs. Salvage have been born four children: Fred, Ralph, Dora, and May. Mr. Salvage is liberal in politics, and is a man of broad views and public spirit. He belongs to the W. W. and Mrs. Salvage is a member of the denomination known as the Saints.

ARTHUR G. WALTER lives about three miles south of Meyers Falls, upon an estate which he secured by the homestead right. In addition to general farming, he devotes much of his labor to logging, and is one of the lead- ing stock men of the county also, being very successful in his enterprises. He was born in Summerville, Michigan on March 7, 1856, the son of Edgar and Mary (Durby) Walter, na- tives of New York. They located in Miles, Michigan, in 1845, where the father conducted a mercantile business for six years. Subsequent to that he was engaged in teaching and for twenty-seven terms he followed that occupa- tion. Farming next occupied him and in 1895 he returned to merchandising, in which busi- ness he still continues. The mother's father came to California in early days and secured a nice fortune. When returning with it, he was robbed and killed. Our subject received his education from the common school. and at sixteen laid aside his books to enter the avoca- tions of life. For five years he wrought for wages in various sections from Michigan to Dakota and in 1890 came to Genesee. The same year he journeyed to Meyers Falls and took a pre-emption. He traded this property for stock and then bought a man's right to his present place. He has the farm well improved with buildings, orchard, and so forth, and an air of thrift pervades the entire premises.

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Alice, daughter of Henry and Mary (William) Cameron, natives of Michigan, where they still reside, aged seventy-eight and seventy, respec- tively. To this marriage two children have been born : Rex, deceased, and Winnie D. Mr. and Mrs. Walter have also adopted one child, Marian A. Mr. Walter is a good, active Re- publican, takes a keen interest in the affairs of the county and state, and in 1897 was a dele- gate to the county convention.

In addition to his other occupations, Mr. Walter has a fine orchard, and a nice berry farm, both of which add materially to his an- nual income. His is one of the finest places in his section.

LOUTHER W. MEYERS was born in Belleville, Ontario, on April 28, 1833, and now lives in Meyers Falls. Mr. Meyers is one of the most prominent men of the Inland Empire; well known as a pioneer with energy and almost boundless resources ; as a man of integrity and uprightness, controlled by an indomitable will which was ever tempered by keen discrimina- tion and sound judgment. To him the country is indebted in many ways, and in a measure which perhaps may never be fully repaid. But it is very pleasant to contemplate that in the place where he threaded the wilds as a scout and precursor of the wave of civilization that was to follow, planted the infant industries and built the first outposts, he is now dwelling in retired comfort with the esteem and loving con- fidence of all who have become acquainted with him.

The parents of our subject were Wil- liam Henry and Jane (Meyers) Meyers, natives of Ontario, where they remained until their death. Our subject's great-grand- father, who was of German extraction, was a Tory, and held a captain's com- mission from the British. Īt was his intention, in company with the Indian chief, Grant, to take General Skyler prisoner, but the doughty and true old generai escaped them and years afterwards visited this captain and ex- plained to him how he did it. This captain's name was Walter Meyer, the original name of the Meyers family.' The father and seven brothers of this captain fought for the Ameri- can cause, but through the influence of the mother, this one joined the British ranks.

Louther W. was educated and learned the cabinet makers trade in his native land. In 1850 he made his first visit to the United States. He was back and forth between Can- ada and the United States until 1862 when he came to Fort Winnipeg and thence to Colv'ile, arriving here on October 22, 1862. He as- sisted with his own hands to construct the buildings for the post also to repair the first mill known as the old Hudson's Bay Company mill, which supplied flour all over the country adjacent. In 1865 Mr. Meyers determined to try mining and for two years he most arduously followed that calling. On the last day of his trip he took out twenty-eight ounces of gold, worth nineteen dollars and twenty-five cents an ounce. Notwithstanding the good fortune of that day, his mining venture was a loss of two years' hard labor and seven hundred and fifty dollars cash. Then he leased the old grist mill and operated the same for many years and inter tore it down and erected a new one. When Mr. Meyers came to this country in 1862 he left his wife and two sons in Canada. In 1869 he sent for them. The family was re-united at Walla Walla. They at once came to this section and Mrs. Meyers purchased a tract of land. This was the family home until 1888 when Mr. Meyers took a homestead; upon this and the wife's estate they lived until 1901, when they came to their present abode in Meyers Falls. Mr. Meyers owns a large portion of the town- site at Colville, one-third of the entire town site and immense water power at Meyers Falls, has twelve hundred acres of timber and farm- ing land and much other property. The water power at Meyers Falls is utilized for saw mill- ing, flour milling and operating a large electric plant. Mr. Meyers has always been the mov- ing spirit in inaugurating industries for the de- velopment of the resources of the country, and the utilization of the immense natural produc- tions of this section.

On May 18, 1854, occurred the nfarriage of Mr. Meyers and Miss Mary E., daughter of Noah and Margret (McElwain) Spaulding. natives of Massachusetts and New York respec- tively. The father was a self-made man and the mother from the age of sixteen was prom- inent in educational circles and other lines. Mrs. Meyers is a descendant of the noted Spaulding family which traces its family tree back to the eighth century. Ethan Allan and other noted

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personages are members of the family. The be- loved missionary, Reverend Spalding of Walla Walla was also a member of the family. Mrs. Meyers has five brothers and sisters, Will- iam B., Noah Allen, Jacob D., Mellicent V., Henry M. Mr. Meyers was an only child. Three children have been born to this worthy couple, Jacob Allen, with his parents ; George E., a merchant at Meyers Falls; Elizabeth V., wife of Jesse L. Cogle, in Meyers Falls. Mr. Meyers is an Abraham Lincoln Republican and has ever held firmly to the principles of his party. He has never sought office, but fre- quently for the benefit of his county he has ac- cepted the same. On one occasion when his name appeared before the Republican conven- tion for county commissioner, he was beaten out of the nomination by corrupt men. He im- mediately announced himself as an independent candidate and carried the county by an over- whelming majority.

SAMUEL F. SHERWOOD, who at this writing is mayor of the town of Colville, is one of the prominent men of Stevens county and a leading mine owner of both the Okanogan country and the reservation section. He was born in New Rochelle, New York, in a large inn that was granted to his ancestors by George III. His parents, Lawrence J. and Analiza (Winship) Sherwood were both descended from prominent American families. His father's father fought in the Revolution and his large inn was taken possession of by the British as a hospital but after the war he gained it again. The mother's grandfather was a Frenchman who fought under Napoleon and later was a planter in Martinique where he was murdered by an uprising mob of negroes. His daughters were taken captive and were rescued by a French man of war. Samuel was educated in his native place and in Hagerstown, Maryland. At the breaking out of the Mexi- can war he enlisted and served throughout, be- ing discharged at Ft. Hamilton, New York. He was wounded by a gunshot in the head and by a stroke on the head and had a serious time with brain fever, but came through all right. He was a musician in the First New York Ar- tillery under Captain Hazelton, Colonel Crane, of Twigs Division. Following the war he was

employed as engineer on a merchant line from New York to Havre, France, and also in the navy. Then he was employed by Vanderbilt at the isthmus and in Nicaragua to handle a steamboat on the river. Later as he was going to San Francisco from New York aboard the steamship San Francisco, in 1853, with the Third United States artillery they were ship- wrecked off Cape Hatteras and he was rescued with the others by the British ship, Three Bells, and taken to New York. He later returned to San Francisco and went thence to the Fraser river country and prospected but did not suc- ceed and returned to San Francisco and went thence to Portland, Oregon, where' he was assistant engineer of the fire department. At the time of the Orofino excitement he went to search for gold. This was in 1861. In 1864 he journeyed thence to the Kootenai mines and one year later to Mon- tana. In 1867 he came to Fort Colville engag- ing in the quartermaster's department, and two years later was elected county auditor on the Republican ticket. The next year he took a ranch at Chewelah, and in 1871 and for a year following was interpreter for the government in the Indian wars. In 1890, Mr. Sherwood was elected county auditor again and since the expiration of that term he has devoted himself to mining and has some very valuable proper- ties. In 1900. Mr. Sherwood was elected mayor of Colville and he still holds the position.

Mr. Sherwood married Mary Goodhue, of Atchison, Kansas, in 1892. Her father died in 1890 at Delta, Colorado, and her mother still lives there. Mr. Sherwood is a member of the A. F. & A. M., and he and his wife belong to the Episcopalian church. In 1883 Mr. Sherwood took a delegation of Indians to Washington, D. C., for the purpose of arranging for matters of the Columbia reservation and among those who went were Chief Moses, Lott, Tonaskat and Sar-Sarp-Kin.

Mr. Sherwood was in the Nicaragua coun- try during the filibuster reign. The filibusters captured Fort San Carlos and fired on the river steamer where Mr. Sherwood was engaged. He was the target for numerous bullets. Finally the authorities appointed Mr. Sher- wood agent to negotiate terms of peace with the occupants of the fort. He went at the work with the result that he captured the fort and the entire force and then dictated his own terms.

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Mr. Sherwood has indeed passed a varied career. He has successively fought as soldier ; wrought on the merchant marine; served in the United States navy; been steamboat engineer, pathfinder, frontiersman, and scout; has filled United States, state and county offices : and now in the golden days of his life, we find him quietly serving the people of his home town as chief executive and devoting his time to mining interests, of which he has a large share.

COL. DANIEL J. ZENT, a sterling busi- ness man of ability in Colville, is best known as the locater of the property and the promoter of the company known as the Jefferson Marble company, one of the finest properties and lead- ing companies in the county. They have an im- mense property and the quality of the marble is equal to the best ever discovered in the world up to this time. Col. Zent is president and manager of this enterprise and is pressing the work in first class manner, while he is putting out much of the products of the mine, not only to make the property known but is handling in a commercial way a good output and will in the near future greatly increase this.

Daniel J. Zent, was born in Buffalo, New York, on May 8, 1839, the son of P. J. and Catherine ( Ebelheor ) Zent, natives of France. The father came to Buffalo in 1827. He was one of the rear guard of Napoleon's army at the time of the retreat from Moscow and was cap- tured with one thousand men, being one of ten that were finally released, the rest perishing by reason of hardship. The mother's people had much the same experience and they never re- ceive 1 proper remuneration from the French government. Our subject received his education in Buffalo and when sixteen came to Illinois and later went to Kansas, arriving there during the interesting days of border ruffianism. Re- maining a time, he went on to Colorado. He was one of the first men in California gulch. In June, 1862, he enlisted in Company E, Sec- ond Colorado Infantry under Colonel Leaven- worth and went to the seat of war passing through Indian Territory and Missouri. Later they were consolidated with eight hundred more men and being mounted were called the Second Colorado Cavalry. They fought Quantrell and repelled Price and then were

sent to the plains to fight Indians. In July, 1865, Mr. Zent was discharged, having served with distinction for three and one-half years. He settled in Kansas and farmed, then went to Colorado and did mining and merchandising. In 1877, he came to Oregon and Washington. In 1878, he was burned out by the savages of the Bannock war but built again and sold out in 1880. He journeyed to the sound and did dairying for some time and in 1894, he came to Ritzville, Washington. Here Colonel Zent operated a first class hotel for four years and in 1898, he came to Colville and entered the mercantile field. As soon as the discovery of marble was made, he located a half section, or- ganized the Jefferson marble company and sold out his store and devoted his entire time to the development of the properties. His excellent success is seen when we note that the property is already a producer and has gained recognition from all roads west of the Mississippi. He has fine machinery of the most approved kind and is constantly adding more and the prospectus of the company shows a magnificent property. The company has expended fifty thousand dol- lars to develop the property and are constantly putting in more and the excellent quality of their products, the exhaustless quantity and the ready demand all testify of the real worth of the enterprise.

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Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 49

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