Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 98

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Publication date: 1904
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In addition to his property mentioned, he also has some very promising mining property which bids fair to soon become one of the valu- able shippers of the county.

WILLARD K. MUNSON is one of the younger men of enterprise who have assisted materially to make Okanogan county one of the leading political divisions of the state of Washington. He has labored here with great zeal and wisdom for a decade and a half and is now one of the prominent stock men of the county. The home place is about seven miles north of Malott postoffice, in Spring coulee, and is one of the choicest ranches of the entire county. It is very fine bottom land and has been improved with skill.

Willard K. Munson was born in Inyo county, California, on February 4, 1872. His father, Stephen Munson, was born in the state of Maine and came around Cape Horn in the sixties. He settled first in Sacramento county and there married Miss Ursula Day, also a na- tive of Maine. She had come west by the same route as her husband. Soon after the marriage they removed to Inyo county and in 1884 they came by wagon to Umatilla county, Oregon. Two years later, another move was made to Ellensburg, Washington, and in 1887, they set- tled on the place where our subject now lives. The father remained there until his death in 1889, being then sixty years of age. The mother died in 1895, at the home place, aged fifty. To this worthy couple seven children were born, six of whom were natives of California. The other one was born in Umatilla county, Ore- gon. They are named as follows: Mrs. Olive Hilton, of Creston, Washington; Mrs. Anna Walters, of Dawson, Alaska; Willard K., who is the subject of this article ; Mrs. Cora Gamble, of Brewster ; Byron and Myron, twins, the for- mer dwelling in Silver, this county, and the latter married to Jessie Carlton and also liv- ing in this county; Lewis G., living with our subject. Willard K. engaged in the stock business soon after coming to this county and when the parents died he proved up on the place for the heirs. He has a large interest in the estate and has a fine band of cattle, besides various other properties. The farm is well fenced, irrigated and improved, having a five

room residence, large barn, three acres of orchard, and various other accessories. The land is devoted largely to hay, both alfalfa and tim- othy. When our subject first came to this coun- try, there were scarcely any residents and they had great difficulty in getting from place to place. Mail had to be transferred from Ellens- burg and letters cost ten cents apiece in addition to postage. The country abounded in game and that was a great blessing to pioneers. Our sub- ject states that he has frequently seen droves of deer, often as large as fifty in a band. He had very limited means when locating here but is now a prosperous citizen.

On March 29, 1901, Mr. Munson married Miss Winetta Thodes. They are esteemed and respected people and have manifested progres- siveness and uprightness in their walk.

LEONARD C. MALOTT lives at Malott, Washington, and is known as one of the sub- stantial men of Okanogan county. He was born in Ontario, Canada, on October 11, 1843, the son of William and Mary Malott. In 1865 our subject removed from his native place to California, and there married Miss Mary Ham- ilton. Later they went to Nevada, then re- turned to California. From California they journeyed north and in August, 1886, lo- cated on their present place. Mr. Ma- lott brought the first family to this vicinity, the other settlers there then being bachelors. Since those early days Mr. Malott has given his atten- tion to general farming and stock raising and has achieved a good success and has been fa- vored with good prosperity on account of his industry and wisdom in managing the resources of the country.

When he first came here Mr. Malott got his mail from Okanogan City, a small office where Waterville now stands. All supplies were freighted in from Spokane or Sprague and roads were poor and infrequent. But he has steadily labored on and has seen the wilds transformed to fertile farms and the country settled by progressive and industrious people who are making Okanogan one of the leading counties of the great state of Washington.

To Mr. and Mrs. Malott three children have been born, Mrs. Ida Bennett, William G. and Reuben L.

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TED MALONEY has dwelt in Okanogan county since 1897, when he bought a squatter's right to his present place, which is about four- teen miles from Conconully on the Brewster road. He immediately filed a homestead right on the land and went to work to improve it. Since that time he has continued in raising stock and doing general farming constantly. He has a fine farm, all irrigated, and productive land. It is fenced and provided with orchard, house, barn, outbuildings and various other improve- ments. Mr. Maloney came here with very limited means and by his industry and wise management of the resources placed in his hands, he has become to be one of the wealthy stockmen of the county. His place bears evi- dence of thrift and care and his stock is well bred and valuable, while his other property holdings are cared for in the same manner.

Ted Maloney was born in Ontario, Canada, on June 6, 1861, the son of Timothy and Betsey (Wylie) Maloney. . The children in the family are mentioned as follows, Mrs. Margaret King, Michael, the subject of this article, and Sarah. In 1880 Mr. Maloney came to the United States, locating first in Deadwood, South Da- kota, where he did prospecting and mining. Later, he was in Miles City, and then along the line of the Northern Pacific, in the Yellowstone and Gallatin valleys. We next see him in Anaconda, where he was employed in a saw mill, from which place he came to his present lo- cation and secured it as stated before. He was the first settler on Salmon creek and has done much to open the country and induce worthy labor in the same line.

On July 4, 1892, Mr. Maloney married Miss Grenva M., daughter of William and Mary McClure. To them have been born two children, Sarah E. and Robert W.

JAMES A. KIPER is a farmer and stock raiser, residing about twelve miles west from Wauconda postoffice. upon an estate he secured from the government by homestead right, since the reservation opened. He has bent his ener- gies to improve and open up the farm, which is good evidence of his industry and thrift. He has a good residence, barn, outbuildings, fences, cultivated fields and so forth, while also he owns a good band of horses and some cattle.

James A. Kiper was born on January I.

1870, in Mason county, Missouri, the son of Jesse and Sarah E. (Kiper) Kiper, natives of Kentucky. The father died in 1873. The mother was of the same name but no relation to her husband. After the death of her hus- band, she married John Swan, and in 1875, accompanied him, taking her eight children across the plains in wagons to Oregon. She is now living in Harpster, Idaho. At the tender age of nine, our subject started in life to make his own way and soon fell in with W. W. Wil- son, with whom he went to Big Hale, Montana. There he was in the employ of Mr. Wilson, who was a large stock man, and for seven years rode the range. After this he came to Oregon, then went to Asotin county, Washington, whence he made his way to Camas Prairie, Idaho, and dealt in horses. He shipped three car loads to Idaho, then came back to the Palouse country and was also through the Big Bend. Later, we find him in Northport, mining and prospect- ing where he had interest in several properties. Next he went to Meyers Falls, whence he went to Republic and when the boom started assisted to erect his first building and also did carpenter work. Following this, on February, 1901, he came to his present place, located and made entry on the land. It is a piece of land well supplied with water and Mr. Kiper is fast mak- ing it a pleasant and valuable home place. Mr. Kiper has been a real disciple of Nimrod in various sections and many a bear, cougar, elk and so forth fell before his trusty rifle. He has traveled extensively but never has found a place to live in better than Okanogan county.

Mr. Kiper can tell some interesting stories about breaking the western cayuse, being him- self also an expert in that order.

PETER S. SNEVE. The United States is greatly indebted to the efforts of those people who come to her borders from Scandanavia. Not least among this class are those who have devoted their energies to tilling the soil. And no class of citizens show more loyalty to the United States and her institutions than these people. Among them it is right that we should mention the subject of this article, who at the present time resides five miles southwest of Molson, where he has a good farm and devotes himself to raising the fruits of the field and stock.

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Peter Sneve was born in Thronhjen, Nor- way on August 2, 1879, the son of Peter and Rhoda Sneve, natives and prominent and wealthy people of that country, now being in their sixty-fifth and fifty-sixth years respect- ively. Our subject is one of seven children, named as follows; Steve, of Chicago, Illinois ; Peter S., our subject; Ole, living with Peter ; Gertie, died in Spokane six years since; Lena, living with the subject of this article; Elizabeth and Mary still in Norway.

Peter Sneve was educated well in his own country and there became successful as a car- penter. In 1899, he and his sister, Lena, deter- mined to try their fortunes in the new world and accordingly shipped for New York. They made their way to Chicago and after some time came to Nelson, British Columbia and later to Greenwood, where he worked at his trade. Mr. Sneve also did mining and when the reservation opened in 1900, he located his present place. He has good land and has improved it in first class shape as his house, barns, orchards, and so forth testify. Being one of the first to locate, he secured a first class ranch. In addition to improving his ranch, Mr. Sneve has devoted considerable time to work at his trade and min- ing in various localities. He came to this coun- try wth ,very little means but has secured a goodly holding, while his thrift and industry indicate that he will soon be one of the wealthy men of this section. To his credit it may be said that Mr, Sneve has thoroughly mastered Eng- lish and can speak and write it with ease.

FRANK M. FULTON has for nearly twenty years been a resident of Central Wash- ington. Although he lived in the Methow val- ley previously he has since secured his present location after an absence of several years. He is a young man of intelligence and uprightness and has manifested himself a good substantial citizen.

Frank M. Fulton was born in Wise county, Texas, on November 17, 1874. the son of Frank F. and Arbella (Clemens) Fulton. The father is deceased and the mother is handling a large stock business in Washington. In 1883 the family came to the vicinity of Ellensburg, where young Frank completed the education that had been begun in the common schools of

Texas. When fourteen he came to the Methow valley with his brother, Lee Fulton, and for four years labored with him in opening up the ranch and raising stock. Then our subject re- turned to Ellensburg and took up farming. For- tune favored him and he continued there in prosperous labors until the spring of 1903, in managing his mother's estate, when they sold out their entire holdings for ten thousand dol- lars and at once returned to the Methow valley and located about three miles south from Twisp. Mr. Fulton is expecting to devote his time and capital to the stock business, and, judging the future from the past, we may safely predict for him a very prosperous career.

On January 31, 1900, in Ellensburg, Wash- ington, Mr. Fulton married Miss Myra L. Dodge and one child has been born to them, Frances L. Mr. and Mrs. Fulton are excellent people and the inhabitants of the Methow val- ley are to be congratulated upon securing them for permanent citizens. Mr. Fulton is a mem- ber of the M. W. A.

JOHN C. LAWRENCE. This veteran of many battles in life's path, has so conducted himself that he has won the respect and esteem of all who have known him during the years of his life. He is also a veteran of the Civil War.

John C. Lawrence was born in Fleming county, Kentucky, on October 6, 1820, the son of Isaac and Mary. ( Collins) Lawrence, also na- tives of Kentucky. The father fought in the War of 1812 and died in 1850. His father, Isaac Lawrence, the paternal grandfather of our subject, with two brothers, William and Benjamin, fought in the War of 1812. This worthy patriot lived to be one hundred and ten years of age. He was of Scotch ancestry. The mother's father, John Collins, and two of her brothers fought in the' War of 1812. Her brothers were Captains Elisha and Robert Col- lins. She lived to be ninety-seven years of age. John Collins went with his parents to North Bend, Ohio, when a child, where his father died, after which he returned to Kentucky with his mother. Then he went to Rush county, Indiana, and there, on August 20, 1846, married Miss Deborah, daughter of James and Deborah Sloan. In 1854 he moved to Monroe county, Iowa. He had volunteered to fight in the Mexi-

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can War, but failed to get to the front on ac- count of the company not being raised. On August 10, 1862, Mr. Lawrence enlisted in Company D, Thirty-Fourth Iowa Infantry, and participated in the battles of Vicksburg, Ar- kansas Post, besides many others, and numer- ous skirmishes. On many occasions, bullets passed through his hat and clothes, but he was never wounded, although he saw much blood shed and many comrades were killed on the right hand and on the left. He was later taken sick and after languishing some time in the hospital at Chicago, he was finally discharged. on account of disability. He has received a twelve dollar pension for fifteen years and has been a member of the G. A. R. for a long time.

A good portion of Mr. Lawrence's life was spent in Monroe and Montgomery counties, Iowa, while he also lived five years at Parsons, Kansas. His wife died in Montgomery county. Iowa, March 6, 1891, in her sixty-fifth year. She was a member of the Missionary Baptist church, as is also our subject. To them were born eight children: William, deceased; Mrs. Mary Deem, of Oklahoma ; James M., of Par- sons, Kansas; Mrs. Elnore Minard, of Cloud county, Kansas; John W., of Montgomery county, Iowa; Mrs. Clarissa Hollenbeck, of Oklahoma; and Oscar N., who married Sarah Harbaugh, and has a homestead four miles south of Chesaw; and Frederick L., of Spo- kane. Oscar N. came to the reservation in March, 1903, and located his present home- stead, while our subject came with that young man's wife and children, to the valley later. Mr. Lawrence located a homestead adjoining that of his son, which is mostly good land. It is pleasant to know that Mr. Lawrence is so situated financially that he is enabled to live retired during the remainder of his life. He has twenty-eight grandchildren and twelve great grandchildren.

EMIL VENTZKE is one of the pioneer settlers of Okanogan county and has shown a spirit and industry in his labors here for over fifteen years. To such men as he, who came to the wild country and took hold with their hands to open up the ranches and develop the resources of the country, are we indebted for the prosperous and thriving condition of this

portion of Washington. It is with pleasure, therefore, that we grant to Mr. Ventzke repre- sentation in this chronicle of Okanogan county.

Emil Ventzke was born in Germany on February 4, 1867, the son of Theodore and Caroline Ventzke. The former is deceased and the latter is still living. The family made their way from New York to Portage, Wisconsin, and there made permanent settlement. The fa- ther worked at his trade, shoemaking, and our subject received his education in Portage, re- maining there until 1886. In that year he took a long trip westward and finally located in Crook county, Oregon, where he followed farming and stock raising. Eighteen hundred and eighty-eight was the year when Mr. Ven- tzke came to Okanogan county and took up land where he now resides, six miles north of Winthrop, by squatter's right. He has since secured title by homestead to his valuable farm. It is well fenced and improved and produces abundant crops annually. Mr. Ventzke de- votes himself to handling cattle and is now in- terested in several promising mining properties.

Fraternally, he is affiliated with the F. O. A., being also a member of the order of jolly bachelors.

GEORGE E. NICKELL resides about three miles southeast from the town of Twisp and owns a good estate, one hundred and sixty acres of which are first-class alfalfa land. His place is well improved with buildings, fences, ditches, and so forth, while an orchard of two hundred well selected and choice trees adds both beauty and value to the farm. Mr. Nickell devotes himself to general farming and raising stock and has been well prospered in his .efforts.

George E. Nickell was born in Cass county, Missouri, on October 21, 1867, the son of Isaac and Isabella (Humphreys) Nickell, natives of Virginia, now deceased. When our subject was five years old the family removed to Wise county, Texas, where he remained until 1888. receiving in the meantime a good education from the public schools. In the year last men- tioned Mr. Nickell took a long journey from Texas to Washington and his selection in this state was his present place in the Methow val- ley. Since that time he has been one of the steady and sucesssful laborers in building up

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the country and making his farm one of the choice ones of the valley. In political matters and local affairs he has always manifested a keen interest and is placed with the progressive and bright minded.

The marriage of Mr. Nickell and Miss Sally Barnett was celebrated in Wise county in 1887. Her parents, Wilson and Plythe (Crisp) Bar- nett, are prosperous stock raisers in Texas at the present time. To our subject and his es- timable wife have been born six children named as follows: Newton, Benjamin H., Walter, Carl, Kate and Mable. Mr. Nickell stands well in the community and is a man of reliability and integrity.

JOSEPH HALL is a venerable and highly esteemed citizen of Okanogan county. He re- sides three miles south from Loomis where he has a fine estate, all under irrigation and ditch- ing and well improved with fences, residence, barns, orchards and so forth. He settled here in very early day and has labored assiduously since in the work of opening the country.

Joseph Hall was born in February 11, 1837. in Slate county, Kentucky, the son of William and Anna (Welch) Hall, natives of Tennessee. The father died in Edgar county, Illinois, in 1844, and the mother had passed away the year previous. Our subject had gone to Illinois with his parents when young and after their death, resided with an older brother. He had four brothers and two sisters. In 1857, they went to Missouri by wagon settling near Kansas City. When the war broke out some of Mr. Hall's brothers enlisted to fight for the Union and some supported the Confederate cause and joined their ranks. Owing to this serious state of affairs, Mr. Hall determined to join neither side and so bought a wagon and came west. He was married on July 28, 1859, at Wyan- dotte, Kansas, to Sarah J. Wilkes, a native of Illinois. Her father, Francis Wilkes, was a native of Kentucky, while her mother, Sarah J. (Stanford) Wilkes was born in Ohio. Mr. Hall was accompanied on his journey to Colo- rado by his wife and her parents. They mined in that country until 1865, then joined a large train of about one hundred wagons and came overland to the vicinity of Pendleton, Oregon. The Indians were very hostile and they saw various skirmishes and one battle between them

and the soldiers. Mrs. Hall had two brothers where they settled in Oregon and one that was a lieutenant in the Cayuse Indian war. In 1871 Mr. Hall located.land near Colfax, Wash- ington, whence also his wife's parents came the following year and made their home with them until their death. The mother died in 1874 and the father in 1878. When the Palouse branch of the Northern Pacific railroad was built, Mr. Hall did ten miles of grading and re- ceived the reward of having the best piece of grading on the road. In 1886 he had freighted and in 1888 moved his family to his present home. In the winter of 1889 and 1890, Mr. Hall lost most of his cattle on account of the hard winter. He now does general farming and has a nice band of stock. On May 31, 1900, Mrs. Hall was called across the river of death, having been the mother of the children named below. She was a devoted Christian woman and greatly beloved by all who knew her. The children mentioned are named as follows: Mrs. Lenora Fenn, of Seattle; Jen- ettie, wife of George W. Handlin, of Loomis; Joseph A. and Josephine, twins, the latter be- ing the wife of Sidney Lansing, of Hilgard. Oregon; Ida L., wife of George Bailey, of British Columbia. Mr. Hall is a member of the Presbyterian church, as was his wife, and is a man whom all respect.

LEE IVES. To Mr. Ives belongs the dis- tinction of locating the town site and settling the town of Pateros. It was in 1886 that he first settled upon the land now occupied by this municipality and the name given by him was Ives. The place began to flourish and continued so to do under that name until four years since, when by common consent it was changed to Pateros. Upon settlement here, Mr. Ives built a hotel and since that time has continued in the operation of the same, with the exception of one year. He now has a fine large structure, well appointed and conducted in a first class manner. He has shown himself to be a good host and a favorite with the traveling public. Industry and dispatch, characterize the place and during the outing season, Mr. Ives is fav- ored with a large trade from tourists, and each year shows the place to be more popular and more largely patronized. In addition to the

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hotel, he is operating a first class livery and does a good business in this line also. He has the largest and best rigs, good stock and is known as a man of integrity and uprightness.

Lee Ives was born on October 30, 1853, in Marshalltown, Iowa, the son of Allan and Mary (Dieter) Ives, both natives of Ohio. Ten years later he went with his parents to Nebraska and thence to Joel county, Kansas, where he com- pleted his education in the common schools. In 1875, he crossed the plains to Portland and lived in that state for one year. Then he came to Washington and lived in Columbia, later at Klickitat, then in Yakima and in Kittitas counties. Finally he came to the place where he now resides, in 1886. Mr. Ives is a real pioneer and showed a commendable ability and sterling worth in the establishment and erec- tion, afterward, of the town of Ives, which has become the beautiful and thriving little village of Pateros. He has also shown·himself to be a public minded and progressive man and has always labored assiduously for the growth and upbuilding of this country.

On November 19, 1874, in Joel county, Kansas, Mr. Ives married Miss Rene M., daughter of Riley and Caroline (Meyers) Ful- ler, natives of Michigan. Mr. Ives is a mem- ber of the I. O. O. F. He is one of the old pioneers, well known, and is a good, substantial citizen.

FRANCIS M. WRIGHT came to his pres- ent place in 1888. His farm lies about one mile west from Twisp and is improved in good shape. He is a man of industry and upright- ness and has labored here steadily since settling with display of characteristics that obtain in the stanch American pioneer and citizen.

Francis M. Wright was born in Warren county, Mississippi, twelve miles below Vicks- burg, on May 19, 1842, the son of Samuel and Elizabeth (Cunningham) Wright, natives of West Virginia. The father was a blacksmith and pioneer to Mississippi. In 1888 he removed his family to Hannibal, Missouri, and in 1853 made the great journey to the Sacramento val- ley, in California. Our subject remained there, securing his education from the schools of the vicinity, until 1875. After school days he was engaged in farming until the date mentioned, when he sought the southern part of Nevada

and there continued the basic art of farming for five years. After that he came to Kittitas county, Washington, and in that section did farming and stock raising until 1888, the year in which settlement was made on his present place. He secured it through squatter's right and in 1896 filed on the place as a homestead. He has a sixteen acre meadow and four acres in orchard. The balance of the farm is de- voted to grazing and general farming.

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Illustrated history of Stevens, Ferry, Okanogan and Chelan counties, state of Washington, Part 98

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