Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 58

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Publication date: 1904
Publisher: Spokane, Wash. : Western History
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In 1896 Mr. Richmond married Miss Vicca, daughter of A. E. and Rebeccah Welch. The town of Welch, Spokane county, is named from this family. Mrs. Richmond is one of five children and her parents are natives of Kentucky. To Mr. and Mrs. Richmond two children have been born, Chester J. and Clarke E. The principles of the Democratic party appeal more practically to our subject and he is a stanch worker in this relation. He is a member of the school board and has served as justice of the peace, while fraternally he is affiliated with the A. O. U. W.

JAMES B. TUTTLE, JR., one of the well known mining men of the state, is now giving his attention to the properties of the King Gold & Copper Mining Company, which are located nine miles west from Valley, in Stevens county. Mr. Tuttle, with his father, owns a controlling interest in this property and is superintendent, while his father is general manager of the same. His career in mining has made him

familiar with various properties through the northwest and given him practical experience that now makes him a skillful master in this prominent industry. A resume of the salient points in his life will be interesting to the read- ers of this volume and especially so since his work for the last few years has been along the line of developement of Stevens county's bound- less resources.

James B. Tuttle was born in Saguache. Col- orado, on April 12, 1879, the son of J. B. and Nancy C. (Goff) Tuttle, natives of Canada and Iowa, respectively. They lived in Colo- rado until 1880, when they came to Washing- ton, settling in Asotin, where the father still lives. The mother died in 1896. They were the parents of the following children: John, George, Herbert, Bertha, James, Effie, Emma, Ada, Randal, and an infant deceased. Our subject received his early education in Asotin, and at the tender age of twelve years started in mining. He at once decided upon the course that he would follow and went to mining in Nelson, British Columbia. Three years later we find him at the same occupation in Cripple Creek, Colorado, whence one year later he went to Butte, Montana, and mined for two years. Then he returned to British Columbia and in 1896 began mining in northern Washington. After one year he had charge of the Skookum mines in Stevens county and in 1897 took charge of the King Gold & Copper Mining Company, in the management of which he is engaged at the present time. Mr. Tuttle, in addition to owning the controlling interest in the King mine, is heavily interested in certain coal properties and other mines in this section. In the King he sunk three hundred and fifty feet of shaft and drove six hundred feet of tunneling and made other improvements which cost him about thirty-five thousand dollars. The company is now in a position to begin shipping, and are putting in a concentrator. This property is without doubt the best equipped mine in the county. Among some of the installed machinery may be mentioned an electric light plant, a ten drill air compressor, three fifty horsepower boilers, machine drills, and steam pumps. The plant is capable of handling the mine until a depth of eleven hun- dred feet has been attained. In all these mat- ters Mr. Tuttle has shown the practical judg- ment and executive ability that have sur-

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mounted every difficulty and brought to the present consummation his work of improve- ment, thus far. Politically Mr. Tuttle is a Democrat, and in fraternal affiliations he is a member of the I. O. O. F., A. O. U. W., and K. O. T. M.

RALPH A. SLOCUM is one of the younger men of Stevens county, whose indus- try and wisdom have won a goodly holding in property. He lives nine miles northwest from Valley and does general farming and raises stock.

Ralph A. Slocum was born in Lincoln, Nebraska, on September 4, 1872, the son of J. D. and Olive A. (Day) Slocum, natives of Illinois. The family came to Iowa from Illi- nois, then went on to Nebraska, later to Kan- sas, and finally, after also living in Missouri, they returned to Iowa. In 1889 the father came to Washington and the next year the rest of the family came also. Location was made in Valley, where the father was installed as post- master, which position he still holds. They were the parents of five children, Mark L., Ida, Ralph, Blanche, Vernon. Mr. J. D. Slocum enlisted in Company H, Fifteenth Iowa, in what was known as Crocker's Brigade. He served over four years, receiving an honorable discharge at the close of the war. Among the battles in which he participated, we may men- tion Shiloh, Corinth, as well as several others, while in skirmishing he did much active work.

Our subject was educated in the various places where the family lived and remained with his parents until he was twenty-four years of age. Then he took a position as section foreman on the Spokane Falls & Northern and eight months later returned to Valley and ac- cepted a position in the United States marble quarries. In 1894 he selected his present place and took the same by squatter's right. Since that time Mr. Slocum has devoted himself to the improvement and development of his place and he now has twenty-five acres under culti- vation and raises hay and general crops and handles stock.

On June 15, 1901, Mr. Slocum married Miss Elizabeth, daughter of Walter and Jennie (Swan) Craven, natives of England and Scot- land, respectively. They were the parents of four children, three of whom are living, as fol- 22

lows: Elizabeth, Nellie G., and Alice. Mr. and Mrs. Slocum have two children, Walter and Florence. Mr. Slocum is a Republican and active in the interests of his party. He has been deputy assessor and is road supervisor of his district. He is also clerk of the school board and is keenly interested in educational matters. Mr. Slocum is affiliated with the A. O. U. W. and is a man well known and has hosts of friends.

SHEBA R. EVA has traveled over a great portion of the United States and Canada, as well as in England. He has a large experience in various walks of the world and being a man of practical ideas, has gained much to make him successful in the battle of life.

Sheba R. Eva was born in Cornwall, Eng- land, on March 31, 1862, the son of Joseph and Elizabeth (Reed) Eva, natives of England, where the mother still lives, the father having passed away in 1879. The family is one of the oldest on record, being able to trace their ances- tors on the mother's side in direct line to Will- iam the Conqueror. Our subject was one of thirteen children, eight of whom are still living, as follows: Joseph, Josiah, Elizabeth, Eph- raim, Richard, Sheba, Annie, and Margret J. In the district school at Wheal Ruby Sheba R. received his education and at the early age of eleven took up mail carrying, being the youngest one to occupy that responsi- ble position. After that he learned the carpen- ter trade and followed it in England until he was twenty-one, when he came to the New England states. In 1889 he went thence to Seattle and in that city, Portland, Astoria, and various other places, wrought at his trade with good success. In the fall of 1893 he went to British Columbia and later returned to the Big Bend country. In 1901 he prospected on the south half and now has some claims adjoining the Gold Mountain, which show high values, assays running as high as one hundred and fifty dollars per ton. He has a quarter section of land where he now lives and does general farming, together with mining and contracting in building.

In April, 1903, Mr. Eva married Mrs. Annie Phillips, who has five children by her former husband, George, Elizabeth, Winefred E.,

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Joseph W., and Sheba L. Politically Mr. Eva is allied with the Republicans and takes a good interest in the questions of the day. Mr. Eva is a member of the Episcopalian church.

GEORGE E. WRIGHT resides five miles northwest from Valley and is known as one of the prosperous and leading farmers and stock- men of the county. He was born in Gray county, Ontario, on June 25, 1859, the son of Thorpe and Eliza (James) Wright, natives of Canada, where they now live. They are the parents of five children, named as follows : George, Emily, John T., Sarah E., and Thorpe E. The excellent and world famed schools of Ontario gave to our subject his educational training and the first twenty-four years of his life were spent under the parental roof. Then came the important time when he should inaug- urate independent action and young Wright stepped out into the world. For nine years he traveled in the west and south, after which he selected Stevens county as his abiding place and at once secured a half section of land, where he now lives. He began operations as a stockman and soon had a nice band of cattle. He im- proved his place and has bought and sold some land since that time. The home place is now well improved and he raises stock and does general farming. In 1901 Mr. Wright became interested in the marble deposits of Stevens county and having discovered some excellent property on Box Canyon, of the Pend d'Oreille river, he located four hundred acres. This has proved, upon development, to be a fine bed of as good marble, the experts say, as is to be found in the world. Mr. Wright is possessed of the determination and executive ability to handle this property as it should be and is now installing the proper machinery to develop it and put the finished product on the market. It is bound to be one of the great producers of the entire northwest and the management is laying the foundation broad and deep.

Mr. Wright married in 1888, and Miss Maud, daughter of Orin and Helen (Dunbar) · Belknap, became his bride on that occasion. Mr. Belknap is a native of New York, while his wife was born in Pennsylvania. They came west in 1881 and located at Kettle Falls, where they now reside. The following named chil-

dren were born to them: Byron A., Willis, Maud, Bruce, Paul, Echo, and Arthur. To Mr. and Mrs. Wright six children have been born, Ethel, Edwin, Willis, Bruce, Hellen, and Byron. Mr. and Mrs. Wright are devout members of the Seventh Day Adventist church and are highly respected people.

JOHN C. PLATTS is well known in the Colville valley as one of the industrious and capable men, whose labors have resulted in the development and improvement of the county until it is one of the leading counties of the state today. He dwells about eight miles south- west from Chewelah and devotes himself to farming now, although previously he has done much sawmilling.

Jolin C. Platts was born in Prince Edward Island, Canada, on June 18, 1862, the son of Thomas and Ellen (Crockett) Platts, natives of the same place and of English and Scotch ancestry, respectively. The ancestral families were both well to do and prominent people. The immediate parents of our subject passed their lives in their native place and raised twelve children, Margret, Mary E., William O., John C., J. H., Thomas, Robert, Russell, Fred, Henry, Andrew, and Eliza. The schools of the island contributed the educational train- ing of our subject and when eighteen years of age he left the family home and began to do for himself. He learned the canning trade and followed it for three years, after which he went to Minnesota and later became engaged in freighting for the Canadian Pacific. Next we see him at Rat Portage, then in Dakota, whence in 1888 he came to Spokane. He located at Laprey bridge, below that city, then later came to Stevens county, where he was engaged in railroading and saw milling. He finally took charge of James Monnaghan's farm, in the Colville valley. Following this, Mr. Platts conducted a livery business and then turned his attention to mining in British Columbia. He handled the ores for the Payne mines for four years under contract and then came to his present location.

In 1892 Mr. Platts married Miss Clara, daughter of J. C. and Eliza ( Prevorse) Wright, natives of Michigan. They came to Spokane when it was but a shanty town and

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now dwell in Stevens county. Four children have been born to our subject, Jesse, Jocie, Dorothy, and John. Mr. Platts is a firm Re- publican and has always endeavored to uphold those principles he believes for the good of the community and state. He was delegate to the county convention in 1894, and was marshal of Chewelah in 1895-6. Mr. Platts is a member of the I. O. O. F. and the Miners' Union.

GEORGE E. ADAMS is one of the younger enterprising men of Stevens county and deserves to be classed in this work as one of its upbuilders. He is a man of energy and industry, as is evidenced by his property hold- ings. George E. Adams was born in Bristol, England on June 6, 1870, the son of Charles and Mary J. (Reese) Adams, natives of Eng- land and who are specifically mentioned in an- other portion of this work. When our subject was one year old his father came to this coun- try and the following year he came with his mother. They located in Olmstead county, Minnesota and there and in Dodge county of the same state he received his educational training. At the age of sixteen years he began to do for himself and learned the stone cutter's trade from his father. After several years he followed this trade in Illinois and Dakota and in 1889 came to Spokane where he continued working at his trade. He also wrought at Medical Lake, Colfax, Moscow, and other places adjacent to Spokane. In 1891 he came to Stevens county and prospected until 1895 then he took a homestead where he now lives, five miles west from Valley. Forty acres of the farm are now under cultivation and he does general farming and raises stock. In addi- tion to this occupation, Mr. Adams devotes him- self to mining and logging.

In 1897 Mr. Adams married Miss Eliza, daughter of John and Jane (Davis) Tate, na- tives of England and Indiana, respectively. In 1878 they came to Medical Lake where the father now lives, the mother passing away in 1888. They were the parents of eleven chil- dren, Thomas R., Edna, Elizabeth, Martha, de- deceased, Anna, Deth, deceased, Edward, John, Ivy, deceased, Ray, and an infant unnamed, de- ceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Adams three chil- dren have been born, two of whom are living as follows : Lela L., and Mabel I. In political

matters Mr. Adams is prominent and liberal, always voting for the man and principles he believes to be best regardless of party affilia- tions. Mrs. Adams is a member of the Chris- tian church. They are highly respected people and stand well in the community.

CHARLES ADAMS. In at least three distinct lines of enterprise has the subject of this sketch gained success. In younger days he learned the trade of stone cutter and followed it for a good many years. Recently he has taken up farming and at the present time he resides about three miles west from Valley where he does both general farming and raises stock. His farm consists of one quarter sec- tion which lies on the banks of Wate's Lake. A portion of the land is under cultivation and his fine residence together with barns, fences, orchard, and so forth are evidences of Mr. Adams' skill and labor since settling here.

Charles Adams was born in Bristol, Eng- land, on September 22, 1844. the son of Charles and Elizabeth (Croon) Adams, natives of England, where they remained until their death, having been the parents of eleven children. The father was a successful and prominent busi- ness man. Our subject received his education in his native country being especially favored in this line. The first twenty-one years of his life were spent with his father, then he learned the marble cutting trade, as stated above. After following this a few years in the old country he came to America in 1871, locating in Minne- sota. He continued there until 1899, taking up stone cutting business for himself. In the year last mentioned he came to Washington and for one year was in the employ of the United States Marble Company of Stevens county, then lo- cated on the farm where he now lives and has since devoted himself to farming and stock raising.

Mr. Adams was married in 1867 to Miss Mary J., daughter of William and Mary (Jones) Reese, natives of Monmouth, Eng- land where they remained until their death. Mr. and Mrs. Adams are the parents of thirteen children, twelve of whom are living, as follows : Charles W., George E., John D., Mabel E., Blanch V., Albert E., Alice M., William H., Louisa B .. Amos, Ralph E., and Lloyd R. Politically Mr. Adams is an energetic and active

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Democrat and is always laboring for the ad- vancement and welfare of the community. He has been road supervisor and is now director of his school district. Fraternally he is allied with the A. F. and A. M. and A. O. U. W., while Mrs. Adams belongs to the D. of H. They are communicants at the Episcopalian church.

GEORGE KINDORF deserves to be classed with the substantial and worthy pion- eers of the Colville valley, since he has endured the hardships of this life while laboring assid- uously for the opening of the country and the ingress of civilization and its attendant bene- fits. Although many others had lived in the valley previous to his advent, still he came to a portion that was entirely new when he arrived in 1886. The land where he now lives, five miles west from Valley, was a wilderness then and its improvement and subjugation are en- tirely due to the industrious labors of Mr. Kin- dorf. For the first few years he had a very diffi- cult time to supply the necessaries of life, there being no market and very little other oppor- tunity to secure the things needed. He was enabled by dint of hard labor and most skill- ful management to pass the rapids, and by im- proving his property a little each year he has finally come to have one of the valuable estates of the valley, which produces abundance of varied crops each year. He is on the road to the United States marble quarry which enables him to dispose of all of his farm produce to a good advantage. He built the first wagon road into this section and has really opened this portion of the county. Mr. Kindorf now raises abun- dance of garden stuff, hay, berries, orchard fruits, besides dairy productions, and is also giv- ing attention to raising stock and doing general farming. He has good and comfortable build- ings of all kinds needed and is one of the pros- perous men of this section. In addition to this property mentioned, Mr. Kindorf has mining interests which are proving very valuable. He has various prospects in different sections, but the marble showings he possesses are proving to be excellent.

George Kindorf was born in Racine, Wis- consin, on February 26, 1858, the son of Chris and Amelia (Wolf) Kindorf, natives of Ger- many. They came to America in 1850, locat-

ing in Racine, where they lived the balance of their lives. The father did a general butchering business and our subject received excellent training in this line. He remained with his parents until eighteen, having received his edu- cation in the meantime. Then he started out in life, following his trade for four years, after which he came west. In 1880, he located in Helena, Montana, where he spent five years. These years were devoted to his trade and then he came to Stevens county, locating as stated above. Mr. Kindorf has the following brothers and sisters, Gus, Edward, Fred, Arthur, Amelia and William.

PETER RASMUSSEN. Many of our most substantial and capable citizens have come to us from the land across the water. Not least among this class are those from Denmark, whence comes the subject of this article. He was born in Lolland, on October 24, 1862, the son of Rasmus and Lena Rasmussen, natives of Denmark, where they remained until their death. They were engaged in farming and fishing and were the parents of five children, Fred, Carl, Rasmus, Sophie, and Peter. Our subject was educated in the public schools of his native place and at the age of sixteen began to learn shipbuilding. Four years were spent in this occupation, after which he engaged in farming for two years, then served in the army for one year. The year 1886 marked the date of. his immigration to the United States and location was made in Wisconsin. Here he did railroad construction work for a short time, then repaired to St. Paul, Minnesota, where he was engaged for two years. In 1889 MIr. Ras- mussen came to Stevens county and worked on the Spokane Falls and Northern railroad con- struction, then took a homestead and later se- cured his present place. He has one hundred and sixty acres of land, forty of which are under cultivation and improved with good buildings, fences, orchards, and so forth. In addition to general farming, Mr. Rasmussen raises stock and does some logging.

On Christmas eve, 1899, Mr. Rasmussen married Miss Hattie Jolmson, whose parents were natives of Sweden. She came to this country in 1884 and her marriage occurred at Chewelah. One child has been born to them, Clara L. Mr. Rasmussen is liberal in political

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matters and has manifested a keen interest in educational affairs, while at the present time he is filling the position of school director.

WILLIAM A. ATKINSON, who lives about four miles west from Valley, is one of the substantial and well to do men of the sec- tion. He has resided here since 1891, when he secured his present land by homestead right and to the development of this he has devoted both time and energy since. He has good com- fortable buildings, some stock, and does a gen- eral farming business. Mr. Atkinson is one of the well respected men of the community and has been for years chosen by his fellows as school director and road supervisor.

William A. Atkinson was born in Blackford county, Indiana, on August 11, 1849, the son of Joseph and Catherine ( McCormick) Atkin- son, natives of Pennsylvania and Ohio, re- spectively, but pioneers to Indiana, where they remained the balance of their lives. The grand- father of our subject was a Baptist clergyman and his father was a farmer. William A. was one of a family of twelve children. He was educated in the public schools and remained with his parents until he was twenty-four. Then he went to Colorado and mined for some time, returning eventually to Indiana. In 1889 Mr. Atkinson came to Washington and spent the first two years in Spokane. In 1891 he settled on his present farm and has made a good home. In 1897 Mr. Atkinson bought one hundred acres of land from the railroad company and in addition to handling this large estate he raises stock, of which he has thirty head at this time.

In 1874 Mr. Atkinson married Miss Julia A. Carmin, whose parents were natives of Ohio, and pioneers to Indiana, where they re- mained until their death. To Mr. and Mrs. Atkinson, two children have been born, Joseph and Catherine, both at home. Mr. Atkinson is an active Republican and is a substantial and respected man.

THOMAS E. MORRISON resides six mives north from Valley and is known as one of the substantial and prosperous farmers and stockmen of the section. He is a man of up-

rightness and is always allied on the side of the substantial development and material progress of the community, while he also labors assid- uously for the success of his own private enter- prises.

Thomas E. Morrison was born in Port Hope, Canada, on May 25, 1875, the son of Thomas R. and Sarah (Stapels) Morrison, natives of Canada and immigrants to the United States in 1877. They located first in New York and in 1890 came to Butte, Mon- tana, where they lived eight years, then re- moved to Helena, where they now reside. They are the parents of eleven children. Our sub- ject was educated in Rochester, New York, and at the age of fourteen went to work in a large box factory in that city. Three years were spent in that business and then he gave himself to the plumbing trade. After two and one-half years at that, he went to work in the Anaconda mines and three months later re- turned to Rochester. After one winter there he came again to the west, locating in Butte, and engaging in the concentrator. Five years were spent at this and then he went to Virginia City and worked in the mines until the date of his settlement in Stevens county. Since then he has devoted himself to general farming and stock raising.

The marriage of Mr. Morrison and Miss Vina Lamb occurred in 1899 and to them one son has been born, Henry. Mrs. Morrison's parents, George and Anna ( Medsger) Lamb, are natives of Missouri, and came west in 1891. They are now living in Virginia City, Mon- tana, and are the parents of six children. Mr. Morrison is an active Republican and is a be- liever in good government and strong. He is a member of the W. W.

JOHN M. FRASE resides about three milies northwest from Valley and does lumber- ing and deals in wood. He was born in Wayne county, Ohio, on June 4, 1852, the son of David and Elizabeth (Maxwell) Frase, natives of Ohio, where they remained until their death. Our subject was one of nine children and re- ceived his education in his native place. When eighteen, he started out in life for himself and learned the blacksmith trade. Following this he did coal mining then farmed for several

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Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 58

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