Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 56

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Publication date: 1904
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where he now dwells and since then has con- tinued actively engaged as mentioned above.

October 1, 1870, Mr. Pelkey married Miss Mary J., daughter of Nicholas and Maria (Schryver) Farrington, natives of New York. One child has been born to this union, Katie, deceased. Mr. Pelkey is a strong Republican and always manifests a becoming interest in political matters. He is a member of the G. A. R. and stands well in the community.

FRANK W. A. UTERHARDT resides about five miles east from Orient and is known as one of the thrifty farmers and miners of that section. He was born in Prussia, Germany, on April 8. 1858, the son of Johan and Wilhelmina (Laehn) Uterhardt, also natives of Germany, where they remained until their death. The father was a musician and died in 1871. The mother died five years previously, from the effects of cholera. They were the parents of seven children, three of whom are living, Ida, Wilhelmina, and Frank.

Our subject received his early schooling in his native place, remaining with his books until fourteen years of age, when he entered an ap- prenticeship of the machinist's trade. He de- voted his time to that until 1881, in which year he came to America, locating in Dundee, Illi- nois. That was his home until 1887, when he came to Port Angeles, Washington and joined the Puget Sound co-operative colony. After ascertaining the methods of the colony's works and so forth, he decided to leave and did so on March, 1888, and then entered the employ of the Seattle and Lake Shore railroad. Soon after he took a home in Kitsap county, remaining there until 1893. At that time he made a trip back east and the following year came west again, entering the employ of the Great North- ern railroad, as a machinist. For three and one- half years he wrought in that capacity, then came to Stevens county, arriving here in 1897. He had charge of the Deep Creek gold and copper mines from that time until 1901 in which year he took a place where he now lives, as a homestead. He has a good place, partially under cultivation and comfortably improved. Mr. Uterhardt owns one half interest in the Com- monwealth mines and also owns the Dauntless mining property. In the former they have

about one hundred and sixty feet of tunneling. They are both located in the Pierre Lake dis- trict. On July 4, 1895, Mr. Uterhardt, mar- ried Mrs. Hester Dinsmore, a native of Con- naught, Pennsylvania. Her parents, James and Levania (Brown) Nelson, were natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, respectively. They had two children, John and Hester. Mrs. Uterhardt married Arthur Dinsmore in 1871 and three years later he died, leaving one child, Alice. Mr. Uterhardt is a Socialist in political alliances, and has been road supervisor in his district for several years.

PETER ARCASA, well known as Peter Pierre, and from whom Pierre lake received its name, is one of the wealthy stockmen of Stevens county and has passed a life of re- markable incident and activity in various por- tions of the United States. He was born in Colville, on March 18, 1851, the son of Peter and Angeline Arcasa, natives of Canada and Vancouver, Washington, respectively. The father came to Washington in the employ of the Hudson's Bay Company in 1848 and for twen- ty-one years was in the service of that com- pany as an express man. In 1851, he took a claim near the Mission in the Colville valley and there reared his family of eleven children. Later he did mining and then sold and set- tled near Colville where he died in 1886. His wife had died in 1881, near Fort Spokane. Our. subject was not favored with much edu- cation, the schools being primitive in his youth- ful days, and when sixteen he started for him- self by piloting a couple of English lords from Colville to Wallnla. Next we see him in Walla Walla, then in Umatilla, whence he went as cook with a pack outfit. After this he worked for Jack Bomgardner as driver of stock to Colorado. Three years were spent in that state and finally he was driving logs on the Platte. The drive was hung up and the men got no wages. They all went to Denver and thence to the Black Hills, Dakota, walking all the way and suffering great hardships as none of them had money. This was in 1874 and later we find Mr. Arcasa in Wyoming, whence he went to Ogden, being in company with Frank Garason, making the trip on the brake beams. He mined in Nevada, cooked in the

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camps and came with an ox train to Boise, Idaho. Thence he traveled by stage to Baker City, remaining there until 1877, contracting wood. Mr. Arcasa then wrought at various places, Walla Walla, Union, Baker City, and Spokane, being in the employ of James Glover and F. Post in this last place. He assisted to put in the first bridge at Cowley Bridge, wrought with Guy Haines at Colville and in the spring of 1880 decided to settle down and so got married. Then he was with his father and James Monnaghan in transporting supplies to Fort Shepherd for the government. He next was interpreter for the government at sixty- three dollars per month and in 1881 went to lake Chelan. All this time he was working for the government and was at this last point put in command of a small steamer to bring it to fort Spokane. It was impossible to do this and so he came on to the fort and the next year went to doing building for Mr. Roberts. After this, Mr. Arcasa went to trapping and hunting in Montana with his father and while there found a good copper prospect. He left the horns of an elk to mark the place and before he got it located others found it and named it the Elkhorn. He prospected further and soon had a claim which brought him fifteen hundred dollars. Following this, settlement was made on Peone prairie, in Spokane county, whence he moved to a place south of Bossburg in 1886. Six years later, Mr. Arcasa came to his pres- ent place, about two miles east from Orient, where he owns four hundred and eighty acres of land, some of it being very valuable hay land. He kept a station on the Grand Forks stage line and has raised much stock. In his labors of late years, Mr. Arcasa has been very suc- cessful and has become one of the wealthy men of the section, thus demonstrating his ability to handle finances. He has also some good min- ing property in addition to his land and stock.

In 1880 Mr. Arcasa married Miss Margaret Hubbard, daughter of Lieutenant Hubbard. To this marriage the following children have been born : Adaline, wife of William Miller, at Marcus: Marcell, in Montana; Olive, wife of Alexander Herron, in Stevens county ; Amelia, wife of Louis Covell, in Montana; Annie; Joseph; and Alexander. Mr. Arcasa is a strong and intelligent Republican and always takes an active part in political matters, having frequently been delegate to the conventions.

He also was government police for three years, interpreter for two years, and served in other important capacities. Mr. Arcasa and his fam- ily are identified with the Catholic church and stand well in the community.

FRANK FERGUSON. This genial and affable gentleman is well known in Stevens county as one of the leading men in industrial enterprises as he is also in political matters. He has shown forth those excellent qualities of stability and sound principles in the years of his residence here, and his labors have re- dounded to the general welfare as well as to enhancing his own property holdings.

Frank Ferguson was born in Lawrence county, New York, on August 1, 1862, the son of Ezra and Diana P. (House) Ferguson, na- tives of New York. They were parents of nine children, five of whom are still living. They removed to Dakota where the mother died. But the father is now living in Laduc, Canada. Frank began his educational training in Prescott, Wisconsin ; when nine he went with the family to Waseca, Minnesota. There he continued in the schools until sixteen when they removed to South Dakota, where he finished his studies. At the happy age of twenty, he started out to do for himself and at once took a homestead near Brooking, remaining there until 1887, when he sold and came to Spokane. The next year he came on to Stevens county and located a farm, which he still owns, it being a valuable estate and is devoted to general crops and stock raising. In 1894 Mr. Ferguson launched out into the saw milling industry and located a plant at Hunter creek, in western Stevens county. Later he built another mill at Daisy, which he is still conducting.

In 1882 Mr. Ferguson married Miss Emma Miller, a native of Germany. She came to America with her mother when she was nine years of age, location being made in Waseca, Minnesota.

Politically, Mr. Ferguson is allied with the Republicans and is a stanch supporter of their principles. In 1892, he was nominated by his party for county commissioner, but was de- feated by thirty-two votes, although he ran far ahead of his ticket. In 1894, he was nominated by his party for county assessor, but though he

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was ahead of his ticket, he again suffered de- feat, the Democrats and Populists being united. In 1900 Mr. Ferguson was put forward by his party for sheriff against C. A. Legerwood, Democrat and Populist, and so strong was the fight that again he was far ahead of his ticket. but defeat perched on his banner this time, also. Not to be daunted, and this shows the man, in 1902, Mr. Ferguson trimmed himself for the race again and again his party pitted him against C. A. Legerwood, Democrat and Populist, for sheriff. This time real merit was rewarded, for Mr. Ferguson was elected by a handsome majority, considering that he had to lead his ticket a long way to even equal the opposing vote. This was a signal victory for the man, even more so than for the party. When it is understood that the party lines are stiffly drawn, we can understand how it was the real merit and integrity of the man which made a popularity that swept all before it, re- gardless of party affiliations. At the present time, Mr. Ferguson is an efficient and well like officer, serving in the capacity of sheriff. He is a member of the I. O. O. F. and stands exceptionally well in the county.

J. H. YOUNG is too well known in Stevens county to need any introduction to the people. He is a man of ability and excellent standing and has always shown sagacity and enterprise, both in the labors of an individual nature as well as in all movements for the gen- eral welfare of the county. He is at the present time conducting a real estate and mining office in Colville, where he does a good business, be- ing known as one of the leading men of the county.

J. H. Young was born in Lyons, Wayne county, New York, on February 25, 1854, the son of John and Catherine (Rodenbach) Young, natives of New York and Pennsyl- vania, respectively. They settled in Lyons in an early day and remained there until 1872 in which year they removed to Michigan, where the father died and the mother is still living. They were the parents of four children. The father was a lumber merchant and a prosperous man.

Our subject was educated liberally in the public schools, completing a high school course.

At the age of twenty-two he came to Califor- nia and there followed mining for four years. In the spring of 1880 he came on north to Spokane and soon thereafter went to the Big Bend country. He took a homestead where Reardon now stands, and in 1883 was operat- ing a stage from Spokane to Fort Spokane. During the mining excitement at Colville, in 1885, he came hither and since that time has made this his headquarters. His first venture here was to erect a livery barn, which he oper- ated for some time, about ten years. Then he took up real estate with John B. Slater, having also began that line while handling the livery. When the railroad was building, he purchaseci the Republican, which he changed to a Demo- crat paper and named the Inde.r. But to-day it is the leading Republican paper in the county. He spent some time in British Columbia look- ing after his mining interest and later returned to Colville, where he has continued since. In company with James Durkin, Mr. Young bought an interest in the famous Silver King, which later sold for one million five hundred thousand dollars. This gave him a comfortable fortune and he has invested it largely in Col- ville, owning now the Rickey building, besides much other valuable property in and adjacent to the town. In 1902, he established the real estate office he is now conducting and has done a good business since. Mr. Young has large mining interests in British Columbia and in this state and is greatly interested in pushing that work along rapidly.

In 1888 Mr. Young was nominated by his party for county treasurer, but was defeated by John Rickey with a majority of eighteen.

JOHN B. SLATER needs no introduction to the people of Stevens county, having been prominently engaged in this county for eigh- teen years, both in private enterprise and public office, in all of which he has manifested that in- tegrity and worth of character which have won for him unfeigned esteem and respect from the people of every class. Since he has been so thoroughly identified with the interests of the county, no mention of leading citizens would be complete were there failure to incorporate a review of his career.

John B. Slater was born in Yreka, Siski-

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you county, California, on April 10, 1860, be- ing the son of James and Sarah J. Slater, who were numbered with the pioneers of Oregon in 1853. On June 29, 1859. they were married and at once removed to California, settling where our subject first saw the light. The father was engaged in mining and in 1862, re- moved with his family back to Oregon. When seven, John B. was called to mourn the death of his mother and this caused the father to break up housekeeping. After that the lad met with some of the hardships of life and early learned to become self reliant. He re- ceived his education from the public schools and the Santiam Academy at Lebanon, Ore- gon. Following school days, he learned the tinsmith trade and also the art of the phar- macist. In 1881, he engaged with the North- ern Pacific as tinsmith and wrought for two. years. Subsequent to that, Mr. Slater went to Heron, Montana and opened a drug store. The great rush to the Coeur d'Alenes occurred in the latter part of that year and the beginning of 1884. and Mr. Slater being of a progressive and stirring spirit, was one of the first to ally himself with the movement. In 1884, how- ever, he came out of the Coeur d'Alene country and located at Medical Lake, Washington. He purchased the Medical Lake Banner and launched into the newspaper field. In the fall of 1885, Mr. Slater removed his plant to Col- ville and on November 17 of that year ap- peared the first number of the Colville Miner. On February 11, 1886, Mr. Slater received from President Cleveland the appointment of postmaster at Colville and for three years he was an efficient and popular incumbent of that responsible position. In the fall of 1886, the people called Mr. Slater to act as probate judge of Stevens county and at the expiration of his term of office in 1888, he was re-elected. In 1889, he was admitted to the bar of the state, for the practice of law and on the admission of Washington as a state. Mr. Slater was chosen the first prosecuting attorney of the county .. He has frequently been delegate to the conven- tions, but otherwise than already mentioned he has never allowed his name to appear as candi- date for any public office. However, he was appointed by Governor Rogers as a member of the State Board of Audit and Control, and served from April, 1900, to April, 1901, with acceptability to all. On December 30, 1902, the

Nashville College of Law conferred on Mr. Slater the degree of Doctor of Laws. Aside from the practice of law since his admission, Mr. Slater has also engaged in mercantile pur- suits, newspaper work, mining, and lumbering, with varied success, but ever with manifesta- tion of wisdom and energy. At the present time, he owns his home in Colville besides other property and is at the head of a good practice in the law.

At Lebanon, Oregon, on September 11, 1889, Mr. Slater married Miss Florence E. Ballard, daughter of the late Governor Ballard of Idaho. One son has been born to the union : Ronald B., in Colville, on September 29, 1891.

Mr. Slater has the following named broth- ers : Wm. P., Jas. S., and Geo. R. He has al- ways been allied with the Democratic party and has faithfully labored for the advancement of those principles deemed wisest and best. In 1887, Mr. Slater was made a Mason and has passed all the chairs.

JAY H. FELT, one of the progressive citi- zens of Stevens county, residing three-quarters of a mile west of Newport, is engaged in the stock and dairy business. He was born in Madison county, New York. November 12, 1858, and his parents were William and Sarah M. (Lee) Felt, natives of New York. The great-grandfather of our subject came to Amer- ica with General Lafayette, and served under his command through the war of the Revolu- tion. The Lees came, originally, from Eng- land, and the mother of our subject is a distant relative of General Robert E. Lee. At an early day the parents of our subject settled in Iowa, where they lived for thirty years. They came to Stevens county in 1891, where the father died, during that summer. The mother still lives at the age of eight years, in Humboldt county, California. To her were born seven children, of whom the following are living: Ann E., wife of H. E. Waldron: Jav H., our subject : Emma, married to George Wilson, of Louisville, Kentucky: Rosa, wife of James B. Callahan, of Republic : and Horace, now in California.

Cerro Gordo county, Iowa, was the scene of our subject's first educational advantages, and he was matriculated in the state normal

JAY H. FELT.

JOHN T. MAHER.

URIAH CRANDALL.

HENRY TWEEDIE.

ROBERT. FOUNTAIN.

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school. At the age of twenty-six he began teaching school, which profession he followed ten years. We went to Wisconsin in 1884, where he continued teaching, removing to Minnesota in 1885, and here, in addition to his duties as a pedagogue, he added that of news- paper correspondent. In 1888 he went to Idaho, where he lived three years, locating a homestead in Stevens county in 1891. He has served several years as a justice of the peace, having been several times re-elected. Mr. Felt cultivates forty acres, and has, besides, quite an extensive and profitable dairy. He raises con- siderable stock. He has an excellent spring of water which the town of Newport is anxious to purchase, for the purpose of supplying the young city.

In 1888 Mr. Felt was married to Emma V. Gould, daughter of Carlos and Nancy (Loucks) Gould, natives of New York. Going to Minne- sota as pioneers they located in Olmstead county, where they died. Four of their chil- dren survive: Mary M., wife of Charles Wright, of Rochester, Minnesota; Alonzo, in Idaho; Rose, married to Peter Gravelin, of Grant's Pass, Oregon; and Emma V., wife of our subject.

Mr. Felt was a Democrat, but at present af- filiates with the Socialist party, in whose inter- ests he manifests much enthusiasm. Mrs. Felt is a member of the Congregational church. They have five children, William V., Salome B., Sarah B., Lafayette and George, all resid- ing with their parents. Mr. Felt was one of the very earliest if not the first settler in the Pend d'Oreille valley. He took the first claim in the valley and was forced to bring his family in over the Calispell Indian trail. His point of supplies was Rathdrum.

JOHN T. MAHER, who is one of the earliest residents of the Colville valley residing now about three miles south from Valley, was born in Albany, New York on May 10, 1861, the son of Thomas and Catharine (Smith) Maher, natives of Ireland. The father was an immigrant to this country when a child, and received his education in Albany county, New York. He followed lumbering in later years and in 1883 came, with John T .. to the Colville valley where his death occurred in 1895. The

mother was called away to the world beyond in 1897, at Albany, New York. Our subject was educated in New York and completed his train- ing with a fine course in Bryant & Strattons college. Then he entered a large institution, the Merchants National Bank, at Albany, and from the position of messenger he worked up to general bookkeeper and was entrusted with much responsibility. In all this career, Mr. Maher manifested an ability and trustworthi- ness that unhesitatingly commended him to the establishment, and had it not been that he was

forced from indoor work by the failure of his health, he doubtless would have been one of the leaders of the institution to-day, for dur- ing the time that he was there he accumulated by wise investments over twenty thousand dol- lars. With this fine sum of money in New York drafts, our subject came, in the spring of 1883, with his father to Spokane. A short stay in that then new village, and we find Mr. Maher exploring the Colville valley. He se- lected the place where he now lives and pur- chased a squatter's right of L. D. Ferguson for two thousand dollars, probably the highest price for a right in the valley to that time, and a precedent largely followed since. Mr. Maher at once gave his attention to raising stock and hay. He has been very successful in both these lines and has marketed thousands of tons of the latter and sold many head of stock. His estate increased to nearly nine hundred acres but recently he sold four hundred acres. In addition to the industries mentioned, Mr. Maher has paid considerable attention to mining and owns various properties in different localities. Mr. Maher has never ventured upon the matri- monial sea and his sister Mary is keeping house for him at the present time. In reference to political alliances, he says, "I am a Democrat, and proud of it." He has always taken a keen interest in the welfare of the community but has never sought offices for himself, He is an adherent of the Catholic church.

URIAH CRANDALL, who lives two and one-half miles south from Locke, is one of the pioneers of the Pend d'Oreille valley. It was in 1886 that Mr. Crandall settled where he now lives, the land being then unsurveyed. Upon being surveyed it was found to be railroad land

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and he purchased the same, having added since eighty acres by homestead right. Mr. Crandall raises considerable stock and has a fine meadow of eighty acres. His farm is well fenced and provided with other necessary improvements and he is one of the thrifty and successful ag- riculturists of this section.

Uriah Crandall was born on April 30, 1838, in Otsego county, New York, the son of Rob- ert and Margret (Gage) Crandall, natives of Pennsylvania. They settled in Guilford, New York, where later the father died. After that, the mother married Jacob Salzsman, and dur- ing the Civil war she died also. Mr. Crandall has two sisters, Eveline McNitt and Ellen Packard. The Crandall family came from Scotch-Irish ancestry who were prominent people in England. Uriah received his early education in the common schools of Lion Creek, New York and after his father's death, resided with his brother-in-law for some years. He learned thoroughly the art of cheese mak- ing, which he followed until the Civil war, when he enlisted in Company H, Second United States Light Artillery. He suffered severely from spotted fever and in August, 1865, he was mustered out at Fort McHenry. Owing to the ravages of this fearful disease in his system he was unable to work for three years thereafter. He spent sometime in Missouri and Kansas, then returned to New York, whence he came to California. Later we find him in Portland, where he lived for eight years. Next he spent a year in the Coeur d' Alene country and in 1886, as stated above, he settled at his pres- ent place.

Mr. Crandall has two sons, John and Will, who are grown to manhood. He is a member of the First Baptist church and takes particular interest in the welfare of the community and political matters, being allied with the Republi- can party.

HENRY TWEEDIE, who lives six miles south of Penrith, Stevens county, is engaged in general farming and stock breeding. He is a native of Quebec, Canada, born February 17, 1849. His parents were John and Jane (McCluchie) Tweedie, the father being a na- tive of Edinburg, Scotland, and the mother of Ireland. When quite young they came to America and settled at Quebec, where the

father died, in 1890, at the age of eighty-five years and six months. His ancestors were wealthy and distinguished people of Scotland. The mother still lives at he age of eighty-five years. They were the parents of nine children, of whom five are living, Mary, Sarah, Jessie, John, and Henry, our subject.

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Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 56

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