Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 52

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HENRY GIEBELER. Among the pros- perous and thrifty agriculturists of Stevens county, it is very fitting to mention the subject of this sketch, who has been blessed with good success in his labors on account of his pains- taking care, and wise management. He was born in Hessen-Nassau, Germany, on February 18, 1858, the son of Christian and Henrietta (Stahl) Giebeler, natives of Germany, where the mother still lives. The father was a car- penter and builder and died in 1864. Henry received his education in the schools of Ger- many and completed the same at the age of fourteen. The next eight years were spent in the iron mines, then came two years of service in the army, following which Mr. Giebeler mined for six years. In 1887 he bade fare- well to the fatherland and located in Wisconsin where he worked in the iron mines, then two years were spent in the Montana mines and in 1890 he settled in Stevens county. He took his present place six miles north from Colville as a homestead, and it shows evidence of thrift and industry in every part. In 1895 he bought an- other quarter section and he is now handling both places.

The marriage of Mr. Giebeler and Miss Grace, daughter of Joseph and Mary ( Bieri)

Portmann, natives of Switzerland, was cele- brated in 1898. Mrs. Giebeler's parents came to the United States in 1890 and now live in West Virginia. Mr. Giebeler is a Democrat and is active. He and his wife are members of the Evangelical church.

JAMES CRAWFORD is one of the best known citizens of the county and has mani- fested an untiring zeal in his effort to build up the comomnwealth and advance the interests of the community. He was born in Ontario, Canada on August 15, 1859. His parents, Robert and Susan (Johnston) Crawford, were born in England in 1827, and in Ireland in 1837 respectively. They are now living a retired life in Loudsboro, Ontario. The father came to Canada when a mere boy, and the mother ar- rived there when she was eighteen and there was married. Our subject's paternal grand- parents were born in county Fermanagh, Ire- land and died, the father aged ninety-five years and seven months, and the mother ninety-nine years and five months. James received his edu- cation in the common schools of his native place and when seventeen inaugurated indepen- dent action. He did farming, carpentering and blacksmithing. In 1881 he came to Helena, Montana and previous to that date did some of the first work in Miles City. He traveled through various portions of that state and was engaged in different occupations until 1889 when he came to Stevens county. He took a homestead five miles north of Colville and since has devoted himself to its improvement and to raising stock. His farm is handled in a skill- ful manner and in addition to the forty acres of hay and grain land he has some excellent fir timber. Mr. Crawford has a fine herd of cows and his dairy products are classed with the best creamery productions in the country. He also owns mining and other property. Mr. Crawford is a member of the W. W. and in politics was formerly a Republican but has been guilty of leaving his first love and was active in organizing the Populist movement in Stevens county. In 1896 he was deputy sheriff and the following three years was deputy treasurer. In 1901 and 1902 he was deputy assessor and at the present time is court bailiff. During the years in which he served as deputy treasurer he was mostly employed in collecting delin-

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quent taxes. Mr. Crawford was a member of the constitutional convention in 1899 at Craw- ford, Montana.

On December 8, 1886, Mr. Crawford mar- ried Miss Helena C., daughter of Steen and Ann (Olson) Anderson, natives of Norway. They came to Canada in 1863 and now live in the province of Quebec. Six children have been born to this marriage: Robert A., Susan A., Dorothy M., James L., John E., William R.

GEORGE H. STAVES resides five miles northeast from Colville upon an estate which he secured from the government by homestead right; he has comfortable and substantial im- provements on his farm and gives his entire time to its culture and to stock raising.

George H. Staves was born in Cedar Rap- ids, Iowa, on July 9, 1844, the son of Anthony and Sarah (Cole) Staves, natives of New York. The father was a cooper and a real estate man. In 1849 he brought his family across the plains with ox teams to California, but three years later they all returned to Linn county, Iowa, where the parents remained until their death. The father was a soldier in the Civil War and served two years for his country. He had one son who served three years and eleven months in the union army, the eleven months being spent in the horrible prison pens of the south. The father's father came to this country with the noted Lafayette and fought bravely for American independence. He was wounded in the knee at the close of the war. Our subject received his education in Iowa and at the time of the war attempted to enlist but was rejected on account of the fact that the other members of the family were serving. When twenty-one, he learned the plasterer's trade, and in 1874 he went to Texas where he workd on the Rio Grande railroad. Previous to this, Mr. Staves had been in Saint Joseph, Missouri, and was there when Lincoln was assassinated. In 1866 he came to Pinkneyville, now Oldtown, in Ste- vens county. He visited Seattle and then re- turned to Iowa, where he remained until 1888. He. visited Omaha, Kansas City, and other places 'and finally returned to Stevens county. In 1890 he located his present homestead, and and has remained here since. Mr. Staves has found corn growing quite profitable in this latitude.

In 1875 Mr. Staves married Miss Sarah F., daughter of Squire and Julia (Alderman) Prouty, natives of Ohio, and to this union four daughters have been born: Grace, wife of Henry Lynch in Colville; Lillian, wife of J. Lyons, in Idaho; Lulu, wife of Perry Dodson, in Republic; Nora, wife of Richard Wynne in Colville.

Mr. Staves is an active Republican and when in Cedar Rapids was two years on the police force. He is a member of the R. K. M. C. and also belongs to the United Brethren church.

DANIEL HARBAUGH, who resides six miles northeast of Colville, where he does gen- eral farming, mining, and stock raising was born in Coshocton county, Ohio, on April 2, 1846, son of Westley and Mahaly (Sink) Harbaugh, natives of Ohio and Pennsylvania, respectively. The father enlisted in the union army and was wounded at the battle of Vicks- burg, and died in Memphis, Tennessee. The widow succeeded in raising the family and later married John Anderson, after which they moved to Kansas where she died. Five boys and four girls were the children of this family : Leah, deceased, Daniel, Emily Thomas, Henry, deceased. John, Peter, Rebekah Griffith, Eliza- beth Sink, and Simon. Our subject received his education in Indiana and at the age of eigh- teen enlisted in the One Hundred and Fifty- Second Indiana Infantry, under Captain Will- iam Kelsey. He was in the battles of Charles- ton and Cedar Creek in Virginia and spent many months there in guard duty. In Septem- ber, 1865 he was honorably discharged. Once while on picket duty, Mr. Harbaugh received a slight wound in his left wrist. Following the war Mr. Harbaugh labored in the woods and on the drive in Wisconsin. In 1876 he went to farming and in 1886 he came to Spokane county. In 1894 he came to Stevens county where he has remained since. In addition to his farm and stock he owns some valuable mining properties in the Granite and Copper King Districts, and his development work has manifested some fine values.

In 1877, Mr. Harbaugh married Mrs. Lizzie, widow of Reuben Hull. Mr. Harbaugh is a Republican and has held various minor offices in the places where he has lived. He is

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a member of the A. F. and A. M., and the G. A. R. Mr. Harbaugh does not belong to any church but his people are all adherent of the Methodist denomination. He has a residence on the corner of Market and Levy streets, in Spokane where he may make his home in the days to come. He also owns two lots in Dennis and Bradley's addition, in Spokane.

By her former marriage, Mrs. Harbaugh has one daughter, Gertie Hull, wife of Charles Fay. To this couple one son, Charlie Jr., has been born. He is the only grandchild to our subject and his wife.

WILLIAM S. CAGLE was born near Rome, Georgia on May 7, 1847, the son of Benjamin and Porthena (Jinks) Cagle, natives of Georgia and of German ancestry. They were the parents of fourteen children, five of whom are living, as follows, Francis E., Ben- jamin F., Margaret Brown, Elizabeth J. and Blackstock. The parents remained in Georgia until the time of their death, being prominent and well educated people. Our subject was re- ceiving his education in Madison county, Georgia, when at the age of sixteen he enlisted under General Joseph E. Johnston of the rebel army, serving eighteen months as a sharp shooter. He participated in the battles of Chickamauga, Missionary Ridge, Stone river, Atlanta, and Savannah, finally surrendering to General Sherman in April, 1865, at Greens- boro, North Carolina. Following that he re- turned home for eighteen months, then went to Tennessee. After a two years' residence there he went to Texas and two years later came back to North Carolina where he lived for thirteen years. He came to Washington in April, 1885, locating in Whitman county on a farm, and remaining for six years. In 1892, he took his present homestead, four miles east from Col- ville, where he has remained since. Mr. Cagle has a valuable farm, and thirty acres of it are devoted to a first-class orchard, which produced over three thousand boxes of marketable apples last year. He does general farming besides and handles stock, having some thoroughbreds.

On September 14, 1874, Mr. Cagle married Miss Sarah E., daughter of Captain James and Sarah E. ( Anderson) Ray, natives of North Carolina. Captain Ray served in the union army. Mrs. Cagle has three brothers, Welling-

ton, Hamilton and John W., and one sister, Althea, deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Cagle, ten children have been born, named as follows: Jesse L. married to Elizabeth, daughter of L. W. Myers; Altha, married to Lee Finch, of Okanogan county: Anna, married to Henry Oakes of Colville; Marcus D .; John B .; Fran- cis, deceased ; Charles M .; Agnes; Bertha, de- ceased; and an unnamed infant, deceased. Politically, Mr. Cagle is a strong and active Republican and has always taken great inter- est in the affairs of the community, where he has lived. He has held various county offices and is a man of reliablity. Fraternally he is a member of the A. F. and A. M., while in relig- ious persuasion, he belongs to the Baptist church. His wife belongs to the Methodist church.

In addition to his other labors, Mr. Cagle is now operating a new threshing machine and is skillful m this line.

Mr. Cagle has made a great success of the fruit business and his orders and shipments are now for car load lots, which greatly enhances the profits. His 1903 crop of winter apples was more than five thousand boxes of marketable fruit.

EUGENE O. SNODGRASS. The effi- cient superintendent of the county hospital of Stevens county resides at Colville and is one of the well known and highly respected men of the county. He was born in Bates county, Mis- souri, July 13, 1854. the son of Isaac and Susan (Meyers) Snodgrass, natives of Ten- nessee and Indiana, respectively. They were pioneers to Missouri, in 1881 moved to Spo- kane, where they farmed until 1900, and now reside in the city of Spokane. They were the parents of six children. Eugene O., Oscar F., Sherman E., John D., Ernest C., and Emma M., widow of George Thayer. Our subject re- ceived his education in those great institutions of the American commonwealth, the public schools, and spent the first twenty years of his life with his parents. Then he went to Texas and did farming, after which he clerked in a general merchandise establishment. During this latter occupation Mr. Snodgrass augmented his educational training by a thorough course in the correspondence schools. In 1887 he came to Spokane county, Washington, operated a

MRS. WILLIAM S. CAGLE.

WILLIAM S. CAGLE.

EUGENE O. SNODGRASS.

MRS. JOHN OLSON.

JOHN OLSON.

GEORGE H. KNAPP.

AMIRON E. BIDGOOD.

ENOCH HARTILL.

EMIL JONESON.

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saw mill and farmed on Hangman creek for several years. In 1892 he located on the Co- lumbia river in Stevens county and did gen- eral farming and stock raising. The next oc- cupation was conducting a fruit drier in Kettle Falls and in 1893 he was appointed to take charge of the county hospital, which he is still conducting to the satisfaction of all. Mr. Snodgrass has property in various sections of the country and is a prosperous business man.

On October 3, 1879, Mr. Snodgrass mar- ried Miss Missouri, daughter of Shepherd and Mary (Robison) McNabb, natives of Tennes- see and Missouri, respectively. The father was a preacher and removed to Texas, where he died in 1901. The mother is living with a son in Oklahoma. They were the parents of six children. To Mr. and Mrs. Snodgrass five children have been born, Ernest G., Mary S., Grace M., Herbert H., and John A. Mr. Snod- grass is a very active and prominent Repub- lican and has been a delegate to every conven- tion since settling in this county. He has been road supervisor and school director and while in Kettle Falls, was two years police judge and one year councilman. Fraternally, he is affili- ated with the I. O. O. F., A. F. & A. M., W. W., and the Rebekahs. Mrs. Snodgrass is a member of the Rebekahs and also of the Grand Lodge. They are both adherents of the Cum- berland Presbyterian church.

In 1884 while in Marcelina precinct, Wil- son county, Texas, Mr. Snodgrass cast the only Republican vote out of one hundred and fifty- two votes in the precinct. One hundred and fifty-one went Democratic, while this one went Republican straight. No ballots had been pro- vided for the Republican ticket, and Mr. Snod- grass had to make out his ticket on blank paper, copying the electors' names from the Toledo Blade.

JOHN OLSON, of Springdale, Stevens county, is superintendent of the Washington Brick and Lime Company's plant located at that point.

He was born in Lund, Sweden, July I, 1867, the son of Ole and Ingar ( Nelson) OI- son, natives of Sweden, where they lived and died. They were the parents of nine children, all of whom are deceasd with the exception of

our subject, and Rengta who resides in Sweden. , In the old country Mr. Olson attended school seven months in each year up to the period when he was thirteen years of age. He was then apprenticed to a saddler, with whom he remained working at that trade five years. Sailing for the United States, he settled first in Manistee, Michigan, living there two years, and going thence to St. Paul, Minnesota. Dur- ing the succeeding eighteen months he trav- eled extensively through the central states, coming to Washington in 1889. Following the great fire in Spokane he worked in that city in rebuilding, and then engaged in railroading on the Central Washington line, a portion of the time with the engineer's crew. He then went to Idaho, worked at various employments, and in 1891 came to Stevens county where he has since resided. He came for the express purpose of laying a tramway for the Wash- ington Brick & Lime Company. In 1893 he became manager for the company, with whom he has since remained, one of the most trusted employes of the company. He has thirty men under his charge, and has made as many as sixty thousand barrels of lime in one year.

Our subject has a farm of two hundred acres, six miles north of Springdale, stocked with one hundred and fifty head of cattle. He also owns a lot in Spokane, and, altogether, is one of the prosperous men of Stevens county. On July 31, 1901, he was married to Ella Fogarty, daughter of Michael and Ellen (Carter) Fogarty, natives of Ireland. They have two children, Austin Donald, and Ellen Vivian. Politically he is a liberal, and is also a member of the Good Templars organization. He is a member of the Lutheran church; his wife is a Catholic.

Mrs. Oison was born in Monroe county, Missouri, 01: December 14, 1876. In her youth she went with her parents to Illinois, thence to Iowa and finally to Minnesota, in which latter place she received her education, partially in a convent and the finishing portion in the state normal school. Following her graduation, she began teaching, and for seven years was num- bered with the leading educators where she labored. In December, 1900, she came to Washington and here occurred her marriage as mentioned above. Mrs. Olson is one of four- teen children, nine of whom are living, named

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as follows : Catherine, Patrick, Elizabeth, Den - nis J., Johanna, Ellen, Bridget, Winifred, and Rose.

GEORGE H. KNAPP, who resides seven miles east from Colville, is a well known agri- culturist and orchardist of Stevens county and has a very fine estate. He was born in De- Kalb county, Indiana, on May 6, 1853. His parents were Susan P. and W. J. Knapp, na- tives of New York. They now reside in Iowa, and are the parents of the following named children : George H., Arthur, Susan E., A. L., William, Walter O., Thomas and Charles C. The father is a veteran of the Civil war. Our subject received his educational training in the common schools of Indiana, and remained with his parents until his majority. Then he began life as a farmer and continued in this occupa- tion in Iowa until 1888. In that year he came to Stevens county where he took a preemption. In 1892 he removed from that farm to his present place, which he homesteaded. This is improved with good buildings, fine or- chard, and so forth. In addition to farming and fruit raising. Mr. Knapp handles some very fine stock. He has a band of sheep, and some thoroughbred Jerseys.

In 1880 occurred the marriage of Mr. George H. Knapp and Miss Emma, daughter of Henry C. and Mary A. (Taylor) Church, natives of Massachusetts and Michigan, re- spectively. They later settled in Illinois and finally moved to Nebraska where the father died. The mother died in Iowa. The Church family dates back to colonial times, and are prominent people. Captain John Church, one of the family, was a captain in the Pequod war in 1836.

To Mr. and Mrs. Knapp six children have been born, four of whom are living, as follows : Albert, Eugene, Vernon and Joycelyn. Those deceased are Frank W., who died on April 9. 1899, and Edna, whose death occurred on April 4, 1885.

Mr. Knapp is a good, strong Republican, and is always active in the campaign. He is now chairman of his precinct which he has held for eight years. Mrs. Knapp is a member of the Seventh Day Adventist church.

To Mrs. Knapp must be given the credit of having done a great deal for the education of

the young in this county, having been a pioneer teacher of Stevens county. Mr. Knapp is a very enterprising man, and in the Stevens county fair of 1903, took ten first prizes and six sec- ond prizes on fruit, and six first prizes, three second prizes and the sweepstake prize on grasses and grain.

AMIRON E. BIDGOOD, postmaster of Springdale. Stevens county, is a veteran sol- dier with a war record second, probably, to no other man in the state. He is a native of New York, born July 13, 1848, the son of George W. and Lucinda (Shepard) Bidgood, born and reared in Vermont. Soon after their marriage they removed to Michigan, where they lived in Calhoun and Kalamazoo counties. The father was a cooper, which trade he followed through- out his life. His patriotism was of a sterling description, and in 1862 he enlisted, but was not accepted on account of his advanced age. He is of English descent, his ancestors coming over in the Mayflower. The grandfather of Mrs. Bidgood was a soldier in the Revolution- ary War, and, also, in the War of 1812. They were the parents of five children, three of whom are still living, viz: Helen, wife of Alonzo Shirley, a veteran of the Civil War; Matilda and Amiron, the subject of this sketch.

Until the age of sixteen, the latter attended the public schools of his neighborhood, and and then, inheriting a patriotic disposition. he enlisted in the First Michigan Volunteer Cav- alry, July 13, 1863. under Captain Clipperton. From Detroit he went to Camp Remount, near Alexandria, Virginia, and from there he joined his regiment in the field. He participated in the battles of Trevallian Station. Culpeper and various skirmishes in the Shenandoah Valley. under General George A. Custer. the victim of the Little Big Horn massacre in 1876. He was mustered out of the volunteer service at Camp Douglas, Salt Lake, March 10. 1866. Returning to Illinois he worked on a farm until January 23. 1867, and then enlisted in the regular army, and was assigned to Company F., Thirty-sixth United States Infantry. In 1878 he served on the plains against the In- dians, and was stationed at Fort Bridger and Fort Steel. Discharged January 23. 1870, he re-enlisted ir the regular service. again enlisted

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in 1876 and was finally mustered out at Fort Spokane in 1881.

Mr. Bidgood then located a homestead in Stevens county where he has lived ever since. Politically he is a Republican, but the first op- portunity afforded him to vote was after he had left the army, when he cast his first vote for President Harrison. He has one daughter, Elvira, residing in Stevens county. Frater- nally he is a member of the G. A. R., the Order of Washington, and the K. O. T. M. He was appointed postmaster of Springdale April I, 1901, which position he still holds.

ENOCH HARTILL, deceased. No com- pilation purporting to grant representation to the leading men of the Colville valley would be complete without an especial mention of the esteemed gentleman whose name heads this memorial. Enoch Hartill was born in Bed- worth, Warwickshire, England, on March 16, 1836, the son of William and Sarah (Hartop) Hartill, natives of England, where they re- mained until their death. The father was an engineer in the coal mines during all his life. Our subject was educated in the schools of Bedworth and when nineteen came to Canada. He journeyed thence in a short time to the United States and two years after landing on the new continent he was back in England to claim the hand of her who was to share his fortune through life. After the conclusion of the nuptials they came to Clinton, Canada. Next we see them in Illinois and in 1868 they embarked in one of the popular prairie schoon- ers of the day and wound their weary way across sombre plains and rugged mountains, meeting and overcoming the hardships and dangers of doughty savage and tiresome jour- neys, until they landed in the fertile Willam- ette valley. The home was in that place until 1878, and they then came to Pine City, Wash- ington. In 1889 they came thence to Stevens county, Washington. A quarter section of land was purchased from the railroad company, four miles north from Chewelah. Mr. Hartill, being a thrifty and industrious man, soon had a goodly portion of the estate under cultivation and the same supplied with good buildings and other improvements. He planted an orchard of twenty acres, half of which is now bearing.

On February 27, 1900, the beloved mother and wife was called hence by death, leaving the fol- lowing children: William P., in Pine City; John T., in Rossland; Jane A., wife of E. J. Arrington, in Stevens county; Enoch, in Rossland; Martha A., wife of Dan Bridge- man, in Harrison, Idaho; Sarah M., wife of K. Erickson, in Tekoa, Washington; and Joseph M., Jesse and David, twins, and Emmanuel S., all in Stevens county. Mr. Har- till was an active and influential Republican and in addition to taking a keen interest in political affairs served on the school board. He was a member of the Maccabees and the de- nomination known as the church of the New Jerusalem. In 1902 Mr. Hartill went to Eng- land to arrange for his marriage with his former wife's sister, but as the law there for- bade that union they came to Boston where the ceremony was performed. Thence they jour- neyed direct to Stevens county where Mrs. Hartill now resides. She had been well edu- cated in England and remained with her mother until the death of that aged lady in 1900. She owns the old home with eighty acres of land and is a well respected and be- loved lady. In church affiliation Mrs. Hartill adheres to the Unitarian faith.

On January 7, 1903, the summons came which called Mr. Hartill to lay down the labors of this life and participate in the realities of the world beyond. His remains were buried in the Chewelah cemetery and sincere mourning was evident everywhere.

EMIL JONESON, one of the most stic- cessful stockmen of Stevens county, living twelve miles south of Springdale, is devoting his attention, chiefly, to thoroughbred animals. He is a native of Sweden, born at Smoland, De- cember 30, 1870, the son of G. P. Halst and Martha Carlson, natives of Sweden, where the mother still lives, the father dying in 1902. They were the parents of five children, Charley, John, Christena, deceased, Matilda, and Emil, our subject. The father was a cousin of An- drew Pearson, the secretary of state of Sweden.

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Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 52

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