On the 22d of August, 1905, Mr. Claxon was united in marriage to Miss

Bethene Crayne, of Walla Walla, a daughter of Dr. W. H. and Anna Z.

Crayne, the former for many years affiliated with Whitman College. Mrs.

Claxon is a graduate of Whitman College of the class of 1903 and is an

accomplished vocalist, having studied under Madam Riccardo of Berlin.

Her splendid musical talent adds much to the interest in musical events

in Walla Walla. By her marriage she has become the mother of two

children, Colin C. and Catherine B.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Claxon hold membership in the Episcopal church and

his political endorsement is given to the republican party, but while

well informed on the questions and issues of the day, he has never been

an office seeker. In social circles he and his wife occupy an enviable

position, the hospitality of the best homes being freely accorded them.

They occupy an attractive residence in Walla Walla and, in addition to

his home and his business interests, Mr. Claxon owns a valuable farm of

three hundred and twenty acres in Walla Walla county. He has never had

occasion to regret his determination to come to the new world, for here

he has found the business opportunities which he sought and in their

utilization has steadily advanced, reaching a prominent place among the

successful men of the northwest.

ARTHUR MAYNE McCOY.

Arthur Mayne McCoy has engaged in the lumber business in Waitsburg,

Washington, since 1900 and also maintains a chop mill, planing mill

and elevator, his combined interests making up an important part of

Waitsburg's industrial enterprises. He was born in Dayton, Green

county, Wisconsin, November 4, 1867. His parents, James and Margaret

McCoy, emigrated from the northern part of Ireland in 1848 and settled

on government land in Green county, Wisconsin, where they established

their home and reared a family of eleven children, six of whom are

still living.

Arthur M. McCoy began his education in the district schools and in 1887

was graduated from the high school of Evansville, Wisconsin. In 1891 he

completed his course by graduating from the State University at Madison

with the degree of B. L. After leaving the university he came west

and was first engaged in the lumber business in Portland, Oregon. The

following year he had occasion to pass through the Walla Walla valley

and decided that the climate and location here were desirable and

that he would make this section his future home. He has always allied

himself with the lumber industry and in 1900 purchased the business and

plant that he now owns from B. M. Kent & Sons in Waitsburg. In 1904

the entire plans and lumberyard were destroyed by fire but fortunately

his trade was such as to encourage him to rebuild. In doing so Mr.

McCoy materially increased the capacity of his plant and today it is

a valuable asset to Waitsburg and vicinity. He is always anxious to

please his customers and together with square dealing, energy and push

has made a success of his line of business.

In 1900 Mr. McCoy was united in marriage to Miss Lizzie Twiss, of

Iola, Kansas, and two children, Julius Mayne and Effie Elizabeth, were

born to this union. In August, 1906, the wife and mother passed to the

great beyond and in 1909 Mr. McCoy and Miss Margaret Hays, of Saratoga

Springs, New York, were married. By the second union there are also two

children, Arthur Hays and Robert Holmes McCoy. All of the children are

now attending school.

Mrs. McCoy is very active in the social and educational life of the

city of Waitsburg; holds official positions in several organizations;

and is intensely interested in all charitable undertakings. Both

Mr. and Mrs. McCoy are members of the First Presbyterian church of

Waitsburg and he has been an elder and trustee of the society since

coming to the city. In politics he has always been a republican but has

never sought nor desired office.

JOHN M. GLOVER.

John M. Glover is the owner of an excellent farm property of three

hundred acres situated on section 10, township 7, range 36 east, in

Walla Walla county, about three miles from the city of Walla Walla. It

is one of the finest farms to be found in this section of the state

and for many years Mr. Glover was actively engaged in its further

development and improvement, but he is now leaving the active work of

the fields to his son and is enjoying a rest which he has truly earned

and richly deserves. He was born in Preston county, West Virginia,

on the 25th of September, 1854, a son of George W. and Nancy (Teats)

Glover, both of whom were natives of the same county. They spent their

entire lives in West Virginia, both having now passed away.

[Illustration: JAMES M. GLOVER AND FAMILY]

[Illustration: DAUGHTER OF E. W. GLOVER]

John M. Glover was reared under the parental roof and acquired his

education in the district schools. On attaining his majority, in the

fall of 1875, he left home to start out upon an independent career

and went to Ohio. He took up his abode in Muskingum county and there

he was married on the 24th of October, 1878, to Miss Laura E. Sniff,

a native of Muskingum county, where they remained until 1881. In that

year they left the middle west for the Pacific coast, making their way

to Walla Walla county, Washington. They journeyed over the Southern

Pacific Railroad, Mr. Glover purchasing the first through tickets

sold over this road after its completion. On reaching his destination

he located in the foothills on the headwaters of Blue Creek, where

he later acquired five hundred acres of land. He occupied that farm

for twenty-four years and brought his fields under a high state of

cultivation, utilizing the most progressive methods of agriculture in

developing his place. In 1905 he removed to his present home farm,

which is most pleasantly and conveniently situated about three miles

northeast of Walla Walla. It is a tract of land of three hundred acres,

and no better land can be found in all the valley. It is naturally rich

and productive and responds readily to the care and labor that are

bestowed upon it. Mr. Glover continued to successfully operate that

farm until the fall of 1916, when he turned its business management and

care over to his son, Erra W., who is now operating it, while Mr. and

Mrs. Glover spend their winter months in California, returning to the

farm to pass the summer months with their son.

To Mr. and Mrs. Glover have been born five children, two sons and three

daughters, namely: Erra W., previously mentioned; Maud Estella; who

became the wife of Clyde Fields and died leaving three children; Lorena

E., who married Frank Phillips and died leaving one child; and Iva

Bernice and Dorsey K., who are at home.

Politically Mr. Glover is a republican and is conversant with the

leading questions and issues of the day, but while he has been a loyal

supporter of his party, he has never sought nor desired public office.

He and his wife are members of the Methodist Episcopal church and guide

their lives according to its teachings. Their sterling worth has won

wide recognition and they are held in the highest esteem by all who

know them. They have never had occasion to regret their determination

to leave the Atlantic coast and make their way to the Pacific seaboard.

On the contrary they are greatly in love with the state of their

adoption and are most loyal to it. Imbued by the spirit of western

enterprise and progress, Mr. Glover carefully and wisely directed his

business affairs and is now the possessor of a handsome competence as

the result of his carefully managed interests.

CHARLES M. BERRYMAN.

Charles M. Berryman, residing on section 3, township 8 north, range

35 east, devotes his time and energies to the operation of a farm of

seven hundred acres and is well known as one of the enterprising and

successful young agriculturists of Walla Walla county. He is, moreover,

one of its native sons, his birth having occurred in Walla Walla on the

29th of June, 1881. Extended mention of his father, James E. Berryman,

is made on another page of this work.

Charles M. Berryman obtained his education in the Berryman school and

also pursued a commercial course in the Walla Walla Business College.

He worked on the home farm until the time of his marriage and then

built his present residence on a part of his father's estate, where

he has since resided, devoting his attention to the cultivation of

seven hundred acres of land. In the conduct of his agricultural

interests he has won a gratifying measure of success, his efforts being

characterized by industry, enterprise and sound judgment.

On the 16th of January, 1907, Mr. Berryman was united in marriage to

Miss Nellie D. Morrow, of Douds, Iowa, a daughter of Jeremiah and Alice

(Chalfant) Morrow, who are natives of Ohio but have made their home

in Iowa for many years. In early life the father followed mercantile

pursuits but is now living retired. Mr. and Mrs. Berryman have a

daughter, Mary Alice.

Politically Mr. Berryman is a stalwart republican and is now serving as

a member of the school board, while for the past ten or twelve years

he has been precinct committeeman, succeeding his father, who has the

distinction of having worn the first street commissioner's badge issued

in Walla Walla. Mrs. Berryman is a consistent and devoted member of the

Methodist church, in the work of which she takes an active interest.

In the community where his entire life has been spent Mr. Berryman is

widely and favorably known, and his salient characteristics are such as

in every land and clime awaken confidence and regard.

HON. WILLIAM FUDGE.

Hon. William Fudge, deceased, left the impress of his individuality

upon the public life of Walla Walla and southeastern Washington in

large and helpful measure. He was one of the foremost citizens of the

county and one of its earliest pioneers. He was born in Illinois, April

27, 1838, and when a lad of but nine years crossed the plains with his

parents to Polk county, Oregon, where he arrived in 1847. During the

California gold excitement of 1849 his father went to the mines and

died on the steamer on his return journey home. The following year the

mother with her children settled upon a farm and William Fudge remained

at home, assisting in the labors of the fields for nine years. In

1859, having attained his majority, he removed to Walla Walla county

to start in the business world independently, settling on the present

site of Huntsville, where he successfully engaged in farming and in the

raising of live stock until 1884. He then removed to Whitman county,

where he purchased a place three miles north of Hay and there carried

on general agricultural pursuits for sixteen years. His success as

a cattle man and a farmer continued and he acquired fifteen hundred

acres of valuable land. In 1900 he left the ranch and returned to

Walla Walla county, purchasing a home just outside Waitsburg, where

he lived in practical retirement from active business for fourteen

years or until his removal to Walla Walla in 1914. He then purchased a

handsome city residence at 535 East Alder street, where his widow now

resides. As a business man he was most energetic and progressive and

his intelligently directed efforts brought splendid results.

[Illustration: HON. WILLIAM FUDGE]

On the 10th of September, 1862, Mr. Fudge was united in marriage to

Miss Elizabeth Billups, a native of Iowa, who crossed the plains with

her parents to Oregon in 1859, locating in Polk county, that state.

In 1862 the family came to Washington, taking up their abode on a

homestead in Walla Walla county, near Waitsburg.

Mr. Fudge was one of the most conspicuous figures in the early period

of Walla Walla county's development and also left his impress upon

the annals of the territory. He was a member of the territorial

legislature, being a colleague of H. P. Isaacs. To Mr. Fudge belonged

the distinction of having drafted the first railway freight bill ever

presented to the territorial legislature and to him and Mr. Isaacs

belonged the credit of having secured the location of the state

penitentiary in Walla Walla. He was a most public-spirited citizen,

giving of his time and of his means for any movement for the general

good, and his labors resulted greatly not only in the benefit to the

community but to the state at large. He held membership in the Masonic

lodge of Waitsburg and was a loyal adherent of the organization,

exemplifying in his life the beneficent spirit of the craft. Death

called him January 30, 1917, and thus was ended a life of great

usefulness and activity, covering seventy-eight years. It was a life of

honor and of high purpose and the world is better by reason of the fact

that he lived. He contributed much to the development of this section

of the country and he held to the highest ideals of civic virtue, while

the qualities he displayed in social relations endeared him to all with

whom he came in contact.

FRANK W. TIERNEY.

Frank W. Tierney, of the firm of Tierney & Toner, dealers in

automobiles and agricultural implements at Walla Walla, has built up a

business of extensive proportions through well directed energy. He was

born in Reedsburg, Wisconsin, January 20, 1874, a son of Patrick and

Margaret (Hannon) Tierney. The father was a native of Ireland and came

to the United States as an infant of but two years. The mother was born

in Wisconsin, where the parents of the father settled. There he was

reared and married and in that state he learned the wagonmaker's trade,

with which he was identified for a number of years. Later he removed

westward to South Dakota, taking up a homestead claim in Lake county,

where he resided until about 1907. He then retired from active business

life and came to the Pacific coast, locating in Portland, Oregon, where

his death occurred in 1915. His widow survives and is still a resident

of Portland.

Their son, Frank W. Tierney, was educated in the public schools of

Madison, South Dakota, graduating from the high school with the class

of 1894. He taught school and also engaged in selling books in order to

meet the expenses of his high school course. This was indicative of the

elemental strength of his character. He has ever recognized the fact

that where there is a will there is a way and by persistent energy and

intelligently directed effort he has accomplished his purposes. His

experience as a book agent taught him salesmanship and also brought

him keen knowledge of human nature and in 1896 he determined to become

identified with the business interests of the growing west. Making his

way to Washington, he settled in Walla Walla, where he entered the

employ of John Smith, who was engaged in the implement business. For

some years he was identified with that undertaking, after which he

purchased the Nissin implement business, which was a small concern. His

cash capital at that time consisted of but two hundred dollars and he

borrowed a thousand dollars in order to establish himself in business.

His activities were carefully directed and he watched every indication

pointing to success. From the beginning the enterprise prospered and

after three years he organized the Tierney-Toner Company, which was the

foundation of the present extensive business. Today their firm ranks

among the foremost in the city and conducts a very large business as

automobile dealers and dealers in agricultural implements, their sales

amounting to a most gratifying figure annually.

In 1904 Mr. Tierney was united in marriage to Miss Nellie Fitzgerald,

of Ottumwa, Iowa, and they have become the parents of three children,

Gerald F., Leonard J. and Patronilla M.

Mr. Tierney is identified with Walla Walla Lodge, No. 287, B. P. O.

E., and also has membership with the Knights of Columbus, a fact

which indicates that his religious faith is that of the Catholic

church, to which both he and his wife belong. He is also a member of

the Commercial Club and cooperates in all of its well defined plans

and projects for the upbuilding and development of the city, for

the extension of its trade relations and the upholding of its civic

standards. Mr. Tierney certainly deserves great credit for what he has

accomplished in life, for he started out practically empty handed,

and when he arrived in Walla Walla he had but twenty dollars in cash,

and this was borrowed. Resolute purpose, however, has enabled him to

overcome obstacles and difficulties and persistent energy has brought

him steadily forward until he now occupies a most enviable position

among the merchants of Walla Walla. Success has come to him as the

reward of his persistent, earnest labor and his straightforward

dealings.

HARLEY B. STALLCOP.

Harley B. Stallcop is one of the younger farmers of Garfield county

and already is numbered among the most successful. He was born on

the farm which he is now operating July 3, 1881, a son of George and

Sarah (Edwards) Stallcop, who are residents of Pomeroy. His education

was acquired in the common schools, in the high school at Pomeroy and

in the Northwestern Business College at Spokane, where he spent two

years as a student. In 1904 he rented the homestead, and his time

and attention have since been devoted to its operation and further

improvement. He raises wheat and stock and derives a good profit from

each branch of his business. His farm comprises nine hundred and fifty

acres of excellent land and is one of the best properties in the

township.

Mr. Stallcop was married September 27, 1905, to Miss Elizabeth Gustin,

a native of Oregon, and they have five children, Fern L., Harley W.,

George A., Raymond C. and Gilbert E.

Mr. Stallcop is a republican in his political belief but has never been

an aspirant for office. His fraternal connections are with the Knights

of Pythias and the Foresters. The high esteem in which he is held by

those who have known him well since boyhood, is the best proof of his

genuine worth and attractive personal qualities.

FRED GLAFKE.

The upbuilding of the west is one of the wonders of the world.

Those who travel to that section of the country are astounded by

the beauty of the cities, well laid out with wide streets, equipped

with every modern convenience and holding to the highest standards

of progressiveness. This is due to the ability and enterprise of the

men who have concentrated their business interests in that section of

the country. Prominent among this class of men in Walla Walla is Fred

Glafke, the manager and treasurer of the Interior Grocery Company,

conducting a wholesale grocery business.

He was born in the state of New York, May 24, 1856, a son of Fred and

Catherine (Brusher) Glafke, both of whom were natives of Germany. They

came to the United States in young manhood and womanhood respectively

and settled in Wayne county, New York, where they were later married.

The father was a wagon maker by trade and conducted a shop in Wayne

county until 1865, when he removed to Mendon, Michigan, where he

carried on business as a wagon maker for many years. At length he

removed to Portland, Oregon, in 1892 and there lived retired until

his death, which occurred in 1914. He had long survived his wife, who

passed away in 1905.

Fred Glafke was reared at home and acquired his education in the

village and high schools of Mendon, Michigan, and in the Valparaiso

(Ind.) Normal School. He began teaching in the Mendon graded schools

in 1878 and was made principal of the schools of Mendon in 1882,

continuing to serve in that capacity for six years. He proved a capable

educator, imparting clearly and readily to others the knowledge which

he had acquired. In 1888 he took charge of the schools of Centerville,

the county seat of St. Joseph county, and continued as principal

there until 1890, when he came to the Pacific coast, making his way

to Portland, Oregon. There he was prominent in educational work for

eleven years, having charge of the Holladay school, the Stephens

school, the Atkinson school and afterward the Harrison school, which

was the largest grammar school in that city. He did much to develop the

educational activities and interests of Portland and the value of his

work is still finding fruition in the public school system there today.

In 1901 he resigned the position of principal and became connected

with the Pacific Coast Biscuit Company of Portland, being placed in

charge of the general books. He remained with that company in the

office until 1904, at which time he came to Walla Walla, and entered

into partnership with his brother, W. B. Glafke, in establishing a

wholesale grocery business known as the W. B. Glafke Company. Their

interests were conducted under that name until 1907, when the business

was reorganized and incorporated under the name of the Interior

Grocery Company, of which Fred Glafke became treasurer and manager.

This business has been developed into one of the leading commercial

enterprises of Walla Walla. They carry an extensive stock and their

ramifying trade interests cover a broad territory. The house enjoys

a most enviable reputation for progressiveness and reliability, for

promptness and efficiency. The partners are men of well known business

ability and executive force who are thoroughly acquainted with the

trade and whose well directed efforts are producing most substantial

results.

On the 23d of December, 1879, Mr. Glafke was united in marriage to Miss

Nettie Hazen, of Colon, Michigan, and they have become the parents

of three sons: Ransom F., who is living in Walla Walla; Dr. William

Harley, a physician and surgeon of New York city; and Ralph H., whose

home remains in Walla Walla. The oldest and the youngest are associated

with the father in business and are representative and wide-awake young

merchants of the city.

In his political views Mr. Glafke is a stalwart republican and he

has served for many years as a member of the board of education of

Walla Walla but does not seek office along strictly political lines.

He stands for everything that tends to advance the public welfare,

however, and his aid and co-operation can always be counted upon to

further measures and movements for the general good. He has indeed been

a stalwart supporter of the public school system and he does everything

in his power to advance the material, intellectual, social and moral

interests of the state. He belongs to Blue Mountain Lodge, No. 13, F.

& A. M., and he and his wife are active members of the Presbyterian

church, in which he is serving on the board of trustees. He belongs

also to the Walla Walla Commercial Club and is one of its directors.

Interested in the horticultural development of this section of the

country, he has become the owner of a splendidly developed orchard in

Umatilla county, Oregon.

It is to such men as he that the west owes her splendid development,

men who have had the insight to recognize the natural resources of the

country and its possibilities, who have foreseen something of what the

future had in store and who have found justification for their faith

and judgment in the results that have been attained.

GEORGE COCHRAN.

George Cochran, one of the substantial and valued farmers of Walla

Walla county, living on section 27, township 8 north, range 37 east,

was born December 2, 1873, in the township where he still makes his

home, his parents being James W. and Cynthia A. (Angel) Cochran, both

of whom were natives of Missouri, where they were reared and married.

In 1864 they determined to try their fortune in the west and made their

way to Walla Walla county, Washington, crossing the plains with ox

teams in a wagon train of forty wagons. While en route they endured all

the hardships and privations incident to the trip and after coming to

this state they experienced all those things which constitute features

in pioneer life. They took up their abode on Russell creek but in 1866

or 1867 removed to the Willamette valley of Oregon, where they remained

until called to their final rest. The father died December 8, 1915,

having for a considerable period survived his wife, who passed away May

9, 1904.

[Illustration: GEORGE COCHRAN]

[Illustration: MRS. GEORGE COCHRAN]

George Cochran was reared at home, acquiring his education in the

public schools, and after his textbooks were put aside he continued to

work upon the homestead farm, being thus engaged up to the time of his

marriage, which occurred November 10, 1901, Miss Grace W. Meiners, a

daughter of Martin Meiners, becoming his wife. Her father removed to

this county from Illinois in 1882 or 1883 and is now living retired in

the city of Walla Walla. The old homestead farm of the Cochran family

was deeded to George Cochran and his two brothers some years before

the marriage of the former and upon that event was taken over entirely

by George Cochran, who purchased the interests of his brothers in the

place. He has since owned this property, comprising two hundred and

eighty-five acres of rich and arable land. He has brought his fields to

a high state of cultivation and annually gathers large crops. He raises

the cereals best adapted to climatic conditions here and he studies the

needs of the soil, keeping his land at all times in good condition by

the judicious use of fertilizer and by the rotation of crops.

To Mr. and Mrs. Cochran have been born six children, of whom five

survive, namely, Cynthia W., Kay M., Ena G., Ira J. and George Allen.

In religious faith Mrs. Cochran is a Lutheran. Mr. Cochran belongs

to Welcome Lodge, No. 117, I. O. O. F., of Dixie. His political

allegiance is given to the democratic party, and while he has never

sought nor desired office he has served as a member of the school

board and loyally defends all those interests and activities which he

believes will prove of benefit to the community. As a business man he

is thoroughly progressive and reliable and wherever he is known he is

spoken of in terms of warm regard.

CHARLES RETZER.

For a quarter of a century Charles Retzer has been a resident of Walla

Walla and throughout the entire period has been connected with the

bakery business. He has prospered in his undertakings, and working his

way steadily upward, has become vice president and manager of a large

and profitable business conducted under the name of the Model Bakery

and Confectionery, Incorporated. He was born in Waldangelloch, Baden,

Germany, on the 30th of March, 1871, and is a son of George and Carrie

(Niebergall) Retzer, both of whom were natives of Germany. They came to

America in 1897 and located in Walla Walla, where their remaining days

were passed. They had a family of eleven children, six of whom survive.

Charles Retzer acquired his education in his native country and there

learned the baker's trade. When he was fifteen years of age, however,

he bade adieu to friends and native land and sailed for the new world.

He became a resident of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where he was

employed at his trade for five years, after which he heard and heeded

the call of the west and in 1892 arrived in Walla Walla, where he has

since made his home. He immediately sought employment at the baker's

trade and secured work, spending six years in the service of others.

He was ambitious, however, to engage in business on his own account

and carefully saved his earnings until his industry and economy had

brought him sufficient capital to establish a bakery of his own. He

formed a partnership with his brother William and the association was

maintained for a year and a half after which he purchased his brother's

interest. He was then alone in business for some time and afterward

he sold a half interest to his brother-in-law, H. E. Angermann. They

are now conducting their interests under the name of the Model Bakery

and Confectionery, Incorporated, and they have a splendidly equipped

establishment, in which are found all of the latest improved machines

that are used in connection with the mixing of bread, cakes and other

bakery goods. The most sanitary conditions prevail in the establishment

and the excellence of the product is such as insures a very gratifying

patronage.

Mr. Retzer has been married twice. In 1896 he wedded Miss Matilda

Shellberg and to them was born a daughter, Carrie. In November, 1913,

Mr. Retzer was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Stella

M. Hawley. By her first marriage she had three children: Philip, a

member of Sixth Field Artillery, who volunteered before the draft and

is now somewhere in France in the service; and William and Catherine,

at home.

The family occupy an attractive residence which is owned by Mr. Retzer,

and he and his partner are owners of the building in which they conduct

the bakery. In politics Mr. Retzer is a republican but has never been

an office seeker. He is not neglectful of the duties of citizenship,

however, but cooperates in many well defined plans and measures for the

general good. He is a stalwart Mason, belonging to Walla Walla Lodge,

No. 8, F. & A. M., and he is also identified with the Odd Fellows

lodge. He is likewise a member of the Commercial Club and is in deep

sympathy with its efforts to promote the upbuilding of the city, to

extend its trade connections and to uphold its civic standards. His has

been a busy and useful life and illustrates what may be accomplished

when energy and determination mark the way. He started out empty handed

but early realized the eternal principle that industry wins and he

has therefore led a most industrious life which has gained for him a

position among the substantial business men of Walla Walla.

WESLEY A. LLOYD.

Wesley A. Lloyd has resided for forty-seven years upon the farm on

section 9, township 9 north, range 37 east, which he is now operating,

and his birth occurred upon that place May 23, 1871. His parents,

Albert G. and Lois H. (Jasper) Lloyd, are mentioned at length elsewhere

in this work.

Wesley A. Lloyd attended the Waitsburg public schools in the

acquirement of his education and, on reaching manhood, was taken into

partnership by his father, who farmed on an extensive scale. This

relation continued until after 1907, when the son took entire charge of

the homestead, which he has since operated independently in addition to

cultivating six hundred acres, which he owns, and four hundred acres

of rented land, operating in all twelve hundred acres. The management

of such extensive farming interests demands marked executive ability

and thorough knowledge of the principles underlying all branches and

familiarity with the most improved methods of farming. Mr. Lloyd

possesses all these qualifications and his land makes a gratifying

return on the capital invested therein.

[Illustration: MR. AND MRS. JAMES W. COCHRAN]

[Illustration: MR. AND MRS. MARTIN MEINERS]

In 1910 Mr. Lloyd was married to Miss Ina Boynton, of Waitsburg, by

whom he has had two children, of whom one, a son, Tony B., survives.

Mr. Lloyd belongs to Waitsburg Lodge, No. 16, F. & A. M.; Dayton

Chapter No. 5, R. A. M.; Washington Commandery No. 1, K. T., of Walla

Walla; and El Katif Shrine, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Spokane. His wife

holds membership in the Christian church and its work profits from her

co-operation. In politics Mr. Lloyd is a stanch democrat, but he has

never been an aspirant for office. He ranks among the influential men

of Walla Walla county and his personal qualities are such that his

friends are legion.

MRS. MARY LONG.

Mrs. Mary Long, living on section 33, township 11 north, range 42 east,

Garfield county, has very successfully managed her property interests

and is recognized as a woman of marked business ability. She was born

in Illinois on the 7th of February, 1847, a daughter of Job and Mary

(Harper) Tatlow, the former a native of Virginia, while the latter

was born in Ohio, in which state their marriage was celebrated. Soon

afterward they removed to Illinois and in 1856 they removed to Garden

Grove, Decatur county, Iowa, where they lived for two years. On the

expiration of that period they removed to Nemaha county, Kansas, where

they resided until called to their final rest.

Their daughter Mary accompanied her parents on their various removals

and spent her girlhood under the parental roof until on the 10th of

December, 1865, in Kansas, she gave her hand in marriage to Newell

S. Patterson. They began their domestic life in the Sunflower state,

but in 1867 crossed the plains, making the journey with horse team

and wagon to Oregon. They were four months in completing the trip,

which was fraught with various hardships and difficulties, but with

stout hearts they pushed on their way and at length left behind them

the long stretches of hot sand and the steep mountain ranges which

had separated them from their destination. It was on the 14th of May

that they bade adieu to their Kansas home and on the 14th of September

they reached Oregon City. For five years they were residents of

Clackamas county, Oregon, and in 1872 they made their way northward to

Washington, settling near Dayton in what is now Columbia county. There

Mr. Patterson took up a homestead, on which they lived for five years

and during that period his labors wrought marked transformation in the

appearance of the place, for his earnest toil brought a considerable

portion of the land under cultivation. He then traded that property for

the home farm near Pomeroy, upon which Mrs. Long has since resided.

Mr. Patterson purchased two hundred acres adjoining his homestead

and thus extended the boundaries of his farm until it included three

hundred and sixty acres of excellent land. He was an energetic man,

industrious, alert and enterprising, and his farm work was carefully

and successfully conducted. He passed away January 9, 1885, and his

death was the occasion of deep and widespread regret, for he had made

for himself a creditable position in the regard of all with whom he had

been brought in contact.

To Mr. and Mrs. Patterson were born nine children, all of whom are

yet living, as follows: Frank H., who is a resident of Jerome, Idaho;

Viola, who gave her hand in marriage to B. W. Yeoman, of Asotin

county, Washington; William H., an agriculturist of Garfield county,

Washington; Alice, who is the wife of J. T. Rhodes, of Garfield county;

John T., who operates his mother's farm; George S., living in Butte,

Montana; Mary, the wife of C. L. Williams, of Pomeroy; James, also a

resident of Pomeroy; and Edgar A., a farmer of Garfield county. On the

22d of June, 1895, Mrs. Patterson was united in marriage to J. M. Long,

a native of Illinois, who crossed the plains at an early day, settling

in Oregon, and in 1872 he came to Washington but in subsequent years

made several removals.

During the period of the Civil war Mr. Patterson had served as a member

of Company A, Seventh Kansas Cavalry, being identified with the army

for four years, during which he gave valuable aid to the Union cause.

He was a member of the Masonic fraternity and was one of the well known

and prominent farmers of Garfield county, respected by all with whom he

was associated by reason of his genuine worth and his fidelity to high

and honorable principles. Mrs. Long is a member of the Presbyterian

church and a lady of many excellent qualities, possessing the truly

womanly traits of character in addition to the business ability which

she has displayed in the management of her interests. She owns a

valuable farm property, which she carefully and systematically manages

and in its control shows sound business judgment and keen sagacity.

WILLIAM HENRY HEDGES FOUTS.

William Henry Hedges Fouts, who is engaged in the general practice

of law in Dayton, comes from an ancestry which in its lineal and

collateral branches has been distinctively American for many

generations. His parents were William Henry Harrison and Sarah Emily

(Hedges) Fouts, who became pioneer settlers of Oregon, and William H.

H. Fouts was born at Canemah, Oregon, on the 11th of July, 1869. He

was a youth of about fourteen years when in 1883 his parents removed

to Dayton and in the public schools of that city he completed his

education, being one of the first graduates. He decided upon the

practice of law as a life work and with that end in view he began

reading under the direction of M. A. Baker. His reading was also

directed by W. K. Rogers and R. F. Sturdevant and in September, 1890,

he passed the required examination that secured him admission to the

bar. Immediately afterward he opened an office in Dayton, where he

engaged in practice for twenty years, making steady progress along

professional lines. He then removed to Spokane, where he followed his

profession for two years, but in 1914 he returned to Dayton, where he

again opened an office. He now has a large general practice and is

very successful in handling his cases, which he prepares with great

thoroughness and care. He has tried cases in the state courts of

Washington, Oregon and Idaho and also in the United States circuit

court. He seems never at fault in the application of a legal principle

nor in citing a precedent and his devotion to his clients' interests

has become proverbial.

[Illustration: WILLIAM HENRY HEDGES FOUTS]

In 1894 Mr. Fouts was united in marriage to Miss Clara Kribs and they

have two children who are yet living, namely: William and Rodney H. The

wife and mother passed away on April 20, 1916, greatly mourned by all

who knew her.

In fraternal circles Mr. Fouts is widely and prominently known, being

a stalwart member of the Masonic lodge, the Knights of Pythias and the

Woodmen of the World. His political support is given to the republican

party and he has been called upon to fill several positions of public

honor and trust. He was elected prosecuting attorney in 1892, again in

1894 and once more in 1898, and he has also held the office of city

attorney and city clerk. His duties have been discharged with marked

promptness and fidelity and his re-election is proof of the confidence

reposed in him by his fellow townsmen. That his has been a well-spent

life is indicated by the fact that many of his stanchest friends are

those who have known him from his boyhood to the present time.

THOMAS J. HOLLOWELL.

Thomas J. Hollowell was at the time of his death a retired farmer

residing in Waitsburg. Nature seems to have intended that man in the

evening of life shall enjoy a period of rest. In youth he possesses

enthusiasm and energy, which in later years benefits by the wise

direction of a more mature mind. Therefore if one wisely utilizes his

time, his talents and his opportunities, he will progress along the

line of prosperity and will have accumulated a substantial competence

by the time the evening of life is reached. Such had been the record

of Thomas J. Hollowell, who was born in Orange county, Indiana, May

26, 1837, and had therefore passed the eightieth milestone on life's

journey when called to his final rest October 8, 1917. His parents were

Jonathan and Hannah (Copple) Hollowell, who were reared and married in

Orange county, where their respective parents had located at a very

early period in the development of that section of the country. Both

the father and mother of Thomas J. Hollowell passed away in Orange

county.

That district was still largely a frontier region during the period

of Thomas J. Hollowell's boyhood and youth. He remained upon the home

farm until his nineteenth year and received but limited educational

privileges, although to some extent he attended the district schools.

The home place, however, was heavily timbered and it was necessary

that he aid in the arduous task of clearing the land and developing

the farm. He therefore early became familiar with the work of cutting

down the trees, grubbing up the stumps and clearing away the brush in

order that the land might be tilled. In 1856 he left home and went to

southern Illinois, residing in Jefferson county for nine years, during

which period he purchased a small farm that he continued to cultivate

and further develop until the spring of 1865. He then sold that

property and joined the long procession that was wending its way across

the plains with horses and mule teams, attracted by the opportunities

of the northwest. Eventually he arrived in Walla Walla county about the

last of October. Half of the emigrant train went on to Oregon, while

Mr. Hollowell and his brother-in-law, Alexander Bundy, and others with

their families stopped near the present site of Waitsburg and there

camped. The land had not yet been surveyed for homestead entry, but Mr.

Hollowell squatted on a quarter section that was not surveyed until six

years later. In the meantime congress had passed the railroad bill,

cutting the homestead down to eighty acres. Therefore he changed the

homestead to a preemption, paying one dollar and a quarter per acre.

Afterward he homesteaded eighty acres adjoining his first location,

which was six miles southeast of Waitsburg. There he lived for a

number of years but in the meantime erected a town house in Waitsburg,

where he spent the winters in order that his children might have the

opportunity of attending the city schools. During his last years he

lived retired and spent all of his time in Waitsburg. He sold the old

home farm but owned another tract of land of four hundred acres three

miles from Waitsburg, which is operated by his son Albert.

On the 1st of April, 1858, Mr. Hollowell was united in marriage to Miss

Sarah H. Bundy, of Washington county, Illinois, and they became the

parents of twelve children, but only two are now living, Lilly May and

Albert S.

While Mr. Hollowell was not actively connected with any business

enterprise, he served as one of the directors of the First National

Bank of Waitsburg, which he assisted in organizing. He gave his

political allegiance to the democratic party, and while he was a

believer in its principles he was never an aspirant for office. He

and his wife held membership in the Christian church, in which for

more than forty years he held office, being one of the elders at the

time of his death. He served for two terms as mayor of Waitsburg and

for several years as a member of the town council, but whether in

office or out of it, he was always loyal to the best interests of the

community and cooperated largely in plans and measures for the general

good. He never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the

northwest, for here he found the opportunities which he sought and in

their utilization gained a place among the substantial and prosperous

business men of his adopted state. While he traveled far on life's

journey, he was a well preserved man and in spirit and interests seemed

yet in his prime, keeping in touch with the trend of modern thought,

development and progress.

OSCAR F. CANFIELD.

Oscar F. Canfield is one of the venerable and honored citizens of

Washington, living in Clarkston. Moreover, no history of the state

would be complete without extended reference to him, for he was one

of the survivors of the Whitman massacre of 1847 and every phase of

the state's development and progress from that time to the present

is familiar to him. He has passed the eightieth milestone on life's

journey, his birth having occurred in Pennsylvania on the 8th of March,

1838. His parents were W. D. and Sally Ann (Lee) Canfield, both of whom

were natives of Bennington county, Vermont. The father was a blacksmith

by trade and followed that pursuit in early manhood but afterward

took up the business of farming and stock raising and also engaged in

mining. In 1847 the father was one of those wounded and left for dead

in the Whitman massacre, but life had not departed and he made his

escape to Lapwai to the mission of Mr. Spalding. A courier was sent to

Vancouver with dispatches for Peter Skeen Ogden, then chief factor of

the Hudson's Bay Company at Vancouver. Mr. Ogden immediately manned

three batteaus and came to Fort Walla Walla on the Columbia, where he

bought seven women and thirty-two children from the Indians, paying for

them on delivery, thus freeing those who had been captured by the red

men.

On New Year's day of 1848 the Canfield family embarked for Vancouver

in charge of the Hudson's Bay Company and were turned over to Governor

Abernethy at Oregon City. They lived in Polk county, Oregon, until

March, 1849, and then went to California in the gold stampede. They

mined in Nevada that summer but afterward returned to Sonoma county.

The mines were very rich at that period, but Mr. Canfield did not know

how to mine, nor had he anything to mine with.

Oscar F. Canfield took up the occupation of mining with the removal

of the family to Sonoma county, California, although a boy of but

eleven years, and as he remarks, if he then knew what he now knows

about mines and mining, he would have been many times a millionaire.

In 1862 he started with Captain Gilliam's company for the Florence

stampede in Idaho. Captain Gilliam was a brother of General Cornelius

Gilliam, who distinguished himself in the Seminole war in Florida and

was accidentally shot in 1848 in the Cayuse war. His death was a great

loss to Oregon, as he was an experienced Indian fighter. He had several

children, living in and around Walla Walla. The party with which Mr.

Canfield traveled did not get to Florence, Idaho. They struck gold

at Canyon City, Oregon, and Mr. Canfield held the pan while Captain

Gilliam filled it. He then panned out the gold and there seemed to be

fine prospects there. They reached Canyon City on the 9th of June,

1862, and that district afterward proved to be a very rich camp. The

first gold discovered on Prichard creek was found by Jim Prichard, Bill

Gerard and Oscar F. Canfield. The gold which they found, when weighed,

was equal to a dollar and seventy-five cents. It was this which started

the Coeur d'Alene stampede. It was Bill Sutherland and Charley Toole

who discovered the Galena ore in the Sunset mountain and it was Mr.

Canfield who grubstaked them. In 1862 Mr. Canfield was one of a company

of thirty-five men who made their way northward from California to

Florence, Idaho, where there was great excitement concerning gold

discoveries. In the party were several noted early pioneers, including

Mr. McGruder, who was afterward ambushed and murdered. To the party

also belonged Captain Gilliam, who was subsequently killed in the

Cayuse Indian war and left a number of descendants in Old Walla Walla.

It was at Florence, Idaho, that Mr. Canfield found the first gold

there discovered. There were several companies of men who came up

from California at that time, including the following captains with

their companies: Captain Killgore, Joel Walker and Charles Hooper. Mr.

Canfield lived in the Snake River and in the Salmon River country for

a number of years and later at Canfield, Idaho, a town named in his

honor. He there followed mining, ranching and stock raising and thus in

various localities was closely and prominently identified with pioneer

development.

In November, 1861, in California, Mr. Canfield was united in marriage

to Miss Ann Maple, a native of Ohio, and to them were born seven

children: Augusta, who married Isaac Cooper; Sherman, who died in 1914;

Mary, who became the wife of William Farrell; Bert, a stock man of

Big Hole Basin of Montana; Oliver, deceased; Joseph, who is with his

brother in Big Hole Basin, Montana; and Mrs. Lottie Jasper, who lives

in Los Angeles, California.

In politics, in early manhood, Mr. Canfield was identified with the

know knothing party. This was before the republican party had been

organized or the present democratic party had formulated its platform.

The basic principle of the know knothing party was that a foreigner

must live here for twenty-one years before he could become a citizen

and enjoy the voting benefits and privileges of an American-born

citizen. He is proud of his political affiliation with that party and

says he is still an advocate thereof. Mr. Canfield was on one occasion

connected with an Indian ring hunt which took place in 1878 at Hayden

Lake, near Coeur d'Alene. He was with a party of Indians who gathered

in a horseshoe circle, the chief at one end and a noted Indian runner

of that day, named Fleetfoot, on the other end of the horseshoe circle,

their purpose being to hunt deer. They started one morning at eight

o'clock and finished at three in the afternoon. One leader was on the

canyon side of the circle and the other on the lake side. They would

run the deer, drawing them into their circle. They ran hundreds in

that way and killed one hundred and forty on that hunt or on the one

drive, as it was called. Mr. Canfield can relate many most interesting

incidents of the pioneer times, his memory forming a connecting

link between the primitive past and the progressive present. He has

contributed much to the development of the west through his business

activity and enterprise and at all times he has stood for progress and

advancement.

FRANK T. KEISER.

Frank T. Keiser, of Waitsburg, is one of the most prominent,

progressive and extensive farmers of Walla Walla county, owning

seventeen hundred and seventy acres of the finest wheat land to be

found in this section of the state. In addition he leases and controls

one thousand acres and thus his agricultural interests are most

important. He was born in Clackamas county, Oregon, September 3, 1856,

and is a son of William and Roxcie (Ingalls) Keiser, who are mentioned

elsewhere in this work.

The public schools of Walla Walla and Clackamas counties afforded

him his educational privileges, as at the age of sixteen years he

accompanied his parents on their removal from Oregon to Walla Walla

county, Washington. He remained at home through the period of his

boyhood and youth, assisting in the work of the farm, and was thus

engaged up to the time of his marriage, which was celebrated January 1,

1880, when Miss Cora B. Dickinson, a daughter of Abraham C. Dickinson,

became his wife. She was born at Fort Bridger, Wyoming, while her

parents were crossing the plains, in 1863. Following his marriage Mr.

Keiser began farming on a homestead in Spring Valley which he had

previously filed on. He had also filed and proved up on a preemption

and had filed on a timber claim. He continued to live upon his farm

for seven or eight years, after which he removed to Waitsburg, where

he has since made his home. For several years he has operated farm

lands from this point and his holdings are now very extensive, for he

owns seventeen hundred and seventy acres of the finest wheat land in

the county and has leased and cultivated another tract of one thousand

acres. He is thus most extensively engaged in farming and the magnitude

of his operations is an indication of the nature of his success. He is

familiar with every phase of wheat culture in the Inland Empire and

his wise and careful management of his business affairs has brought

splendid results. In addition to his other interests Mr. Keiser is a

stockholder in the Exchange Bank of Waitsburg.

[Illustration: MRS. FRANK T. KEISER]

[Illustration: FRANK T. KEISER]

To Mr. and Mrs. Keiser have been born nine children, eight of whom are

yet living, namely: Mabel, the wife of H. A. Woodruff, of Waitsburg;

Chester A., who is operating one of his father's farms; Hazel, the wife

of Z. O. Atkinson, who is connected with the Farmers' Union and resides

at Waitsburg; and Verl D. and Velma, twins, and Helen, Donald and

Gordon J., all at home.

Mr. Keiser votes with the democratic party and has served as a member

of the city council of Waitsburg. He stands for all that is progressive

in public affairs and cooperates in many well defined plans and

measures for the general good. He belongs to Touchet Lodge, No. 5, I.

O. O. F., of Waitsburg, also to Coppei Encampment, No. 73, and to the

Woodmen of the World. He is likewise connected with the Patriotic Order

of the Sons of America. He and his wife attend the Christian church and

they are generous supporters of many movements that seek to advance the

material, intellectual and moral progress of the community. Mr. Keiser

is a typical citizen of the west. His entire life has been actuated

by a spirit of enterprise that recognizes and utilizes opportunities.

His words and actions spell progress. He has continually taken a

forward step and his efforts have contributed in large measure to the

upbuilding and development of the section with which he is connected.

JENS ANDERSON.

Jens Anderson, a well known representative of industrial activity in

Walla Walla, where he is now successfully conducting a wagon making

shop, was born in Denmark, January 5, 1856, and is a son of Anders

and Anna C. (Christenson) Jenson, both of whom were natives of that

land, where they spent their entire lives. In their family were four

children, of whom three are now living. These are Jens Anderson, of

this review; Christ Anderson, a resident of Idaho; and Anne Sophie, who

is still living in Denmark.

Jens Anderson was reared and educated in his native country and there

learned the carriage and wagon making trade. Favorable reports reached

him concerning the opportunities of the new world and in 1878, when

a young man of twenty-two years, he bade adieu to friends and native

country and sailed for the United States. He was located for a time

in New Jersey and then continued on his westward way to Missouri,

where he remained for eight years. On the expiration of that period

he removed to Moscow, Idaho, where he resided until 1895. Throughout

all this time he continued active in the wagon maker's trade and when

he came to Walla Walla he started in business along the same line on

his own account. He now has a splendidly equipped wagon shop and is

doing a business of gratifying proportions. He is very energetic, is a

man of persistent purpose, and his indefatigable effort has been the

foundation on which he has built his success.

In 1882 Mr. Anderson was united in marriage to Miss Phoebe J. Davis,

who was born in Missouri. They have become the parents of three

children, Charles C., Nellie and Clarence D. That Mr. Anderson has

prospered as the years have gone by is indicated in the fact that he

is now the owner of an attractive residence and a substantial shop in

Walla Walla, where he is living. He is highly respected as a man of

genuine personal worth and one who in all matters of citizenship is

loyal and progressive. In politics he is a republican.

GREEN SWINNEY.

Green Swinney is a retired farmer making his home in Pomeroy. A native

of Indiana, he was born on Christmas day of 1841, his parents being

Elijah and Hannah (Starks) Swinney. The father was a native of Virginia

and in his boyhood removed with his parents to Indiana, where he

attained his majority and was married. Later he became one of the early

pioneers of Davis county, Iowa, his removal to that state occurring

when his son Green was but an infant in arms. The father remained

in Davis county until 1864 and then disposed of his property there,

after which he crossed the plains with ox teams and wagon to Oregon,

establishing his home in Lane county. There he spent eleven years

and in 1875 made his way northward to what is now Garfield county,

Washington. Within the borders of that county he took up a homestead,

which he later turned over to his son James, who proved up on the

property. The father resided upon that farm until his death and was

widely known among the leading early settlers of his section of the

state.

Green Swinney was reared and educated in Iowa, pursuing his studies in

the public schools of that state. He was a young man of twenty-three

years when he crossed the plains, driving one of the ox teams and thus

making his way to a country which was to give him his opportunity. His

school training had been limited to a few months' attendance in one

of the old-time log schoolhouses of Iowa with its puncheon floor and

slab benches, the methods of instruction being as primitive as were

the furnishings. Upon his arrival in Oregon he began work as a farm

hand and continued to work for wages until his removal to Washington in

1875. At that date he purchased a tract of railroad land in Columbia

county, near Dayton, and four years later he disposed of that property

and removed into what is now Garfield county, where he took up a

preemption of one hundred and sixty-five acres eight miles east of

Pomeroy. He resided upon that tract for a quarter of a century and

his labors wrought a marked transformation in the appearance of the

place, for he brought his land under high cultivation and divided it

into fields of convenient size, annually gathering good crops. Year by

year he carefully tilled the soil and became recognized as one of the

representative farmers of his part of the state. In 1904 he left the

farm and removed to Pomeroy, where he has since made his home, enjoying

the fruits of former toil in a well earned rest.

[Illustration: RESIDENCE OF GREEN SWINNEY]

On the 1st of July, 1877, Mr. Swinney was united in marriage to Miss

Catherine Smith, a daughter of Joseph Smith, who left his Ohio home

as a boy of seventeen years, and after spending a short time in Iowa,

he crossed the plains in 1846. On the journey he contracted mountain

fever and when the train with which he was traveling reached Walla

Walla, he was left with Dr. Whitman, who nursed him back to health. He

spent the following winter and the next spring with Dr. Whitman, for

whom he worked at splitting rails and also planted some small tracts to

grain. In the summer of 1847, prior to Dr. Whitman's murder, he went to

Oregon, settling in Lane county, where he was afterward married. There

he lived until 1861, when he came to Washington and spent the summer in

the Orofino mines. During the hard winter of 1861-2--a winter memorable

in the history of the state--he was in Columbia county, living near

Dayton. There he acquired land and later made that place his home.

During the latter years of his life, however, he resided with Mr. and

Mrs. Swinney, reaching the ripe old age of eighty-one years.

In politics Mr. Swinney has always been an advocate of democratic

principles but has never been an office seeker. He and his wife are

members of the Christian church and are most worthy people, honored and

respected by all who know them and most of all by those who have known

them longest and best--a fact which indicates that their strongest

traits of character are those which ever command confidence and respect.

CLAUDE R. WILLIAMS

Claude R. Williams, one of the progressive agriculturists of the Walla

Walla valley, was born July 8, 1888, upon the farm which is still

his home, situated on section 26, township 8 north, range 36 east,

Walla Walla county. Throughout his entire life he has been connected

with farming interests and the careful management of his business

affairs since he started out in life independently is bringing to him

a gratifying measure of success. He is a son of Samuel C. and Ellen

E. (Buroker) Williams, who are natives of Illinois. They came to the

northwest at an early period in its development and are still living

here, their home being at No. 522 East Sumach street, in Walla Walla.

Claude R. Williams was reared and educated in Walla Walla county,

attending its common schools, while in the summer months he assisted

in the work of the home farm. He continued to aid his father until he

attained his majority, when he took charge of the old homestead, which

he now cultivates. It comprises three hundred acres of valuable wheat

land, splendidly adapted to the cultivation of that crop. His efforts

have been an element in winning for Walla Walla county its well earned

reputation as a wheat growing section. He is alert and enterprising in

all that he does and follows most progressive methods of farming. He

studies crop production from a scientific standpoint, keeps his fields

in excellent condition and therefore when his crops are sent to market

he receives a substantial reward for his labor.

On the 17th of April, 1913, Mr. Williams was united in marriage to Miss

Goldie Fullerton, who was born in Carter, Illinois, and is a daughter

of Washington Lawrance and Alice (Fyke) Fullerton. His father was a

native of Tennessee, but the birth of her mother occurred in Illinois.

In 1900 they came to Walla Walla county and settled on a farm near

Dayton but now reside at Hadley, Washington. To Mr. and Mrs. Williams

has been born a daughter, Lovetta May, whose birth occurred on the 15th

of February, 1914.

Mr. Williams is connected fraternally with the Modern Woodmen of

America, while politically he gives his allegiance to the republican

party. He has no interest in politics as an office seeker although

he keeps well informed on the questions and issues of the day and in

matters of citizenship he stands for those interests which further

progress and improvement along lines of general benefit. His own

activities are concentrated upon his farming interests and the careful

direction of his business affairs is bringing to him creditable and

deserved prosperity.

HERBERT A. GARDNER.

Indefatigable enterprise and concentration of purpose have been salient

features in winning for Herbert A. Gardner the creditable and honorable

position which he occupies in business circles of Walla Walla and the

Inland Empire. He has long been active in the conduct of the mercantile

house now conducted under the name of Gardner & Company, Incorporated.

This is one of the largest and finest commercial interests of

Washington and is largely a monument to the business enterprise and

progressive methods of him whose name introduces this review.

Mr. Gardner was born in Charlotte, Maine, June 6, 1860, so that the

width of the continent separates him from his birthplace. He brought

eastern enterprise and ingenuity to the west with its limitless

resources, and the combination has wrought splendid results. His

parents, Amos A. and Louisa M. (Jackman) Gardner, were also natives of

the Pine Tree state and descendants of Stephen Gardner, who was one

of the founders of Hingham, Massachusetts, and who later served his

country in the Revolutionary war. The father, who was a farmer and

shipbuilder, devoting his life to those two pursuits, died in Illinois,

while the mother departed this life in Maine. In their family were

eight children, of whom four are living, three being residents of

Seattle, namely Mrs. L. M. Kent, Amy B. and Mrs. P. Pitt Shaw.

Herbert A. Gardner is indebted to the public school system of his

native state for the educational opportunities which he enjoyed in

youth and which prepared him for life's practical and responsible

duties. He has always devoted his attention to mercantile pursuits

and this concentration of purpose has undoubtedly been one of the

strong elements in his growing success. He has not dissipated his

energies over a wide field but has thoroughly mastered whatever he has

undertaken, and long experience, well developed powers and unfaltering

energy have brought to him notable success. For twenty-five years

he was associated with the Schwabacher Company of Walla Walla and

at length, in connection with others, he purchased the business,

which has since been reorganized under the name of Gardner &

Company, Incorporated. They own and control one of the largest and

finest mercantile houses in the section of the country which covers

southeastern Washington and northeastern Oregon. Mr. Gardner has been

president of the company since its incorporation. His long experience

in mercantile lines has splendidly qualified him for the duties and

responsibilities which devolve upon him in this connection. He has

not only become familiar with the best methods of purchase and of

sale but also closely studies the market in every particular bearing

upon his trade and he is now bending his efforts to administrative

direction with the result that the business of the house has steadily

increased. He has always been careful to surround himself with a corps

of efficient assistants in the office and he has held to the highest

standards in the personnel of the house, in the character of goods

carried and in the business methods followed. In a word, he has made

the firm name a synonym of progressiveness and of honorable dealing.

On the 28th of September, 1886, Mr. Gardner was married to Elizabeth

Hungate, who died February 25, 1896. She was a native of California

and a daughter of Harrison H. and Mary (Duncan) Hungate, the former

deceased, while the mother is still living, making her home in Walla

Walla. To Mr. and Mrs. Gardner were born three children: Geneva

Hungate, who is the wife of W. J. Steele, of Walla Walla; Ward H.,

who married Irma Coleman and has one child, Shirley Elizabeth; and

Elizabeth, at home. On the 23d of May, 1906, Mr. Gardner was again

married, his second union being with Miss Anna M. Siler, who was born

in Simcoe, Canada.

Fraternally Mr. Gardner is identified with the Masons, the Elks and

the Odd Fellows and in his life exemplifies the basic principles

which underlie those organizations. He is also identified with the

Commercial Club. His political allegiance is given to the democratic

party and for fifteen years he has served as a member of the board of

education. While a most active and progressive business man, he has

ever recognized his duties and obligations as well his privileges of

citizenship and has cooperated in many well defined plans and measures

for the public good, standing at all times for progress and improvement

in relation to civic affairs and the welfare of the commonwealth.

L. NEACE.

L. Neace, deceased, was an early settler of Walla Walla county and was

for years one of its leading stock raisers. He was born in Germany,

September 27, 1835, and there received his education. When only twelve

years old, however, he came to America and settled in Pennsylvania.

For some time he worked in a sash and door factory in that state and

later removed to Kansas City, Missouri, whence in 1857 he went to

Oregon, crossing the plains by ox team. After remaining in Oregon for

one winter he went to California and a few months later went to Fort

Benton. In the latter part of 1859 he came to Waitsburg, Washington,

and turned his attention to stock raising, as Walla Walla county was

then chiefly devoted to that business. He owned a large tract of land

and was very successful in the management of his affairs, gaining

financial independence. He was a factor in banking circles, being for

thirty years president of the National Bank of Waitsburg, which under

his direction enjoyed the entire confidence of the community and a

steady increase in deposits.

In 1864 Mr. Neace was united in marriage to Mrs. Elizabeth (Harrington)

Sickler, widow of Daniel Sickler, who was a native of Pennsylvania and

died in Walla Walla county, Washington, in 1863. To her first marriage

one daughter was born, Minnie, now the wife of D. C. Eaton. Mr. and

Mrs. Neace became the parents of the following children: John, Lewis

and Isaac, all of whom are farming; Ellen, the wife of C. A. Hauber, of

Portland, Oregon; Frank and James K., both of whom are farming; Sarah

D., the wife of S. F. Patton, postmaster of Waitsburg, and the mother

of two children, Serita F. and J. Lewis; and Charles, who is farming.

Mr. Neace was a democrat and was quite prominent in local political

circles. He passed away January 12, 1916, and there were many who felt

a personal sorrow at his demise, for during the more than half-century

that he resided in Walla Walla county he had gained a large number of

friends. When he came here he was without capital but possessed great

energy and an unshakable determination to succeed and as the years

passed his resources steadily increased. His widow still has large land

holdings and personally supervises her business interests and is also

one of the directors of the First National Bank, of which she is a

large stockholder. She, too, is widely and favorably known throughout

the county.

JOHN R. BLIZE.

Among the energetic and alert farmers who have made Columbia county the

excellent agricultural region it is may be mentioned John R. Blize.

His birth occurred in Missouri, October 4, 1869, and he was a son of

James T. and Nancy (Beard) Blize, who passed their entire lives in that

state. To them were born ten children, of whom four are now living.

John R. Blize was reared in Missouri and during his boyhood and youth

attended the public schools there. In 1889, when about twenty years

old, he made his way to Washington and for a number of years was

employed as a laborer. In 1893 he rented land and engaged in farming

on his own account. Although this was a marked step forward he was

not satisfied to remain a renter and carefully saved his money with

the object of purchasing a farm. At length he bought a tract of land

on section 5, township 9 north, range 38 east, Columbia county, and

resided thereon until his death, November 1, 1917. His practical

methods and his close attention to all phases of farm work enabled him

to harvest large crops, and from time to time he invested his capital

in additional land so that he owned at his death four hundred and

ninety-four acres, the value of which is enhanced by the excellent

buildings thereon. He also operated rented land and altogether had

about one thousand acres in wheat. He owned his own warehouse and was

thoroughly equipped for taking care of the grain which he harvested.

On the 1st of October, 1894, Mr. Blize was married to Miss Hattie B.

Chapman, a resident of Dallas county, Iowa. To them were born seven

children, namely: James O., who is now in Battery D, Field Artillery,

Washington National Guard; Ica T., deceased; Mildred C., now in high

school; Clarence A.; Harold T.; John W.; and Roy E.

[Illustration: JOHN R. BLIZE]

Mr. Blize was an advocate of republican principles and was loyal in his

support of its candidates and measures. He served on the school board

for a considerable period and was also county commissioner, in which

connection he made an excellent record. He belonged to the Masonic

lodge, the Knights of Pythias and the Woodmen of the World, and was

well known in local fraternal circles. The signal measure of success

which he gained is double creditable in that he made his own way from

the early age of ten years. He thoroughly identified his interests with

those of this section and was always glad that he decided to make his

home here, for he believed that the opportunities for advancement are

greater in the Pacific northwest than in other sections of the country.

GEORGE H. SNELL.

George H. Snell, president of the Walla Walla Construction Company,

manufacturers of brick and tile, and also the second vice president

of the Farmers Savings Bank, has through his important business

connections contributed in substantial measure to the development,

progress and upbuilding of the city in which he makes his home.

He was born in Niles, Cook county, Illinois, December 8, 1853, and is a

son of Hamlet B. and Clarissa A. (Odell) Snell, the former a native of

Syracuse, New York, while the latter was born in Cook county, Illinois,

where they were married, the father having removed westward to Chicago

with his parents when a lad of eight years. After his marriage he

engaged in farming in Cook county, Illinois, and subsequently in Lake

county, Indiana, about fifty miles from Chicago. He devoted many

years to general agricultural pursuits with good success, winning a

competence that enabled him at length to live retired. He then removed

to Chicago, where his death occurred in 1913, when he had reached the

age of eighty-seven years. His wife passed away in 1874 and later he

was again married, his second union being with Mrs. Catherine McCarthy,

who was called to her final rest in 1910. There were four children born

of the first marriage.

George H. Snell whose name introduces this review spent his youthful

days with his parents and acquired his education in the public schools

of Chicago. He remained at home until he had reached his eighteenth

year, making himself useful along various lines but then entered upon

an apprenticeship to the lathing and plastering trade, with which he

was identified for forty years. In 1878 he came west, making his way

first to Sioux Falls, South Dakota, to which point he traveled by rail,

and thence continued the journey through to Walla Walla by wagon and

team. He was three months and ten days in making the journey across

the plains. At that time the Indians were on the warpath but his party

was fortunate in escaping trouble with the red men and they reached

the Walla Walla valley unharmed. After arriving at his destination Mr.

Snell took up the work of contracting in lathing and plastering and

also in cement work and was prominently identified with activities

of that character until recent years. He became one of the dominant

factors in the building trades of Walla Walla, large demand being made

upon his time and energies in connection with his chosen occupation.

In 1904 he organized and incorporated the Walla Walla Construction

Company, of which he became the president and which has been developed

into one of the principal industries of the character in the city. In

most of the best buildings, public and otherwise, in Walla Walla his

work is to be seen. His thorough reliability and the excellence of his

work have been the salient features in winning him his continued and

growing success.

In 1891 Mr. Snell married Miss Clara J. Parkes, of Walla Walla, and

they became the parents of a daughter, Laura, who is the wife of James

Daugherty, of Walla Walla. The death of Mrs. Snell occurred September

26, 1911, and caused deep grief to her family and much sincere regret

among her many friends.

Mr. Snell exercises his right of franchise in support of the men and

measures of the republican party and always keeps well informed on

the questions and issues of the day, but the honors and emoluments

of office have had no attraction for him. He is a very prominent

Mason, belonging to Blue Mountain Lodge, No. 13, F. & A. M.; Pendleton

Chapter, No. 23, R. A. M., of Pendleton, Oregon; Washington Commandery,

No. 1, K. T., of Walla Walla; Zabud Council, R. & S. M.; Spokane

Consistory, A. & A. S. R., and is a charter member of El Katif Temple

of the Mystic Shrine. He likewise holds membership with the Independent

Order of Odd Fellows, belonging to Enterprise Lodge, No. 2.

Mr. Snell is identified with the Walla Walla Commercial Club and is

in thorough sympathy with its purposes to further the interests of

the city and exploit its possibilities and advantages, also to extend

its trade relations and, more than all, to uphold the high civic

standards which here prevail. He had no assistance when he started out

in the business world, but he early came to a realization of the fact

that industry wins and industry became the beacon light of his life.

Persistency of purpose has been one of the foundation stones of his

success.

THEODORE PERCY INGALLS.

Theodore Percy Ingalls is an honored pioneer of Washington and a

veteran of the Indian wars. To him the story of frontier life in the

northwest is a familiar one. The story of this great and growing

section of the country has ever been an enticing one to all progressive

young men who have sought the opportunities here offered and in their

utilization have won success, while at the same time their labors have

contributed in marked measure to the upbuilding and development of this

region. Mr. Ingalls, now living retired in Waitsburg, was for a long

period actively identified with farming in Walla Walla county. He was

born September 13, 1835, and has therefore passed the eighty-second

milestone on life's journey. His parents were Israel and Mary (Lord)

Ingalls, both natives of Maine, where they were reared and married.

Subsequently they removed to Ohio, settling near Dayton, where they

resided for several years. Eventually they became residents of Bond

county, Illinois, and the father died in Alton, Illinois, two months

prior to the birth of his son, Theodore, his death being one that

occurred in the great cholera epidemic that ravished the country. His

widow subsequently crossed the plains to Oregon and in later years made

her home with her sister, Mrs. J. V. B. Butler, her death occurring in

March, 1871.

[Illustration: MR. AND MRS. THEODORE P. INGALLS]

[Illustration: MRS. ISRAEL INGALLS]

It was in 1852 that Theodore P. Ingalls accompanied his mother on the

long journey to the northwest. He was then a youth of sixteen years.

They made the trip with ox teams, there being fourteen wagons in the

party. Cholera broke out en route and twenty-one members of the party

died ere they reached their destination. Mr. Ingalls and his mother

first took up their abode in Clackamas county, near Oregon City,

Oregon, where a brother of our subject had preceded them. Here Theodore

P. Ingalls worked at various occupations, much of his time being spent

in the timber, in getting out saw logs and in splitting rails. He also

worked in the sawmills and for a time he was in the mines and thus his

experiences were broad and varied, acquainting him with every phase of

pioneer life and development in the northwest.

On the 27th of February, 1867, Mr. Ingalls was united in marriage to

Miss Catherine Smith, of Clackamas county, Oregon, who had come to the

northwest with her sister, crossing the Isthmus in 1863 and thence

proceeding up the coast. In the summer of 1871 Mr. and Mrs. Ingalls

became residents of Walla Walla county, Washington, where he took up a

preemption of one hundred and sixty acres, but money was scarce, and

being unable to make payment upon his property, he turned it into a

homestead of eighty acres. The place was located in Spring valley about

three miles north of Dixie, and there he made his home and successfully

engaged in farming for thirty-three years. During that period he added

to his holdings from time to time as opportunity offered until his

landed possessions were seven hundred and four acres. This property he

recently sold, but already in 1904, on account of failing health, he

retired from active farming operations and for a time spent his days

largely in travel. He finally took up his abode in Waitsburg, where he

has since remained and where he is now most comfortably situated. At

the age of eighty-two years he is surrounded by many friends, enjoying

the respect and warm regard of all who know him.

In 1856 Mr. Ingalls took part in the Yakima Indian war, serving under

Colonel Cornelius. His political endorsement has long been given the

democratic party, while fraternally he is connected with Waitsburg

Lodge, No. 5, I. O. O. F., is a consistent member of the Christian

church to which his wife also belonged, and their well-spent lives

gained for them the warm regard and respect of all with whom they have

been brought in contact. Mrs. Ingalls passed away quite recently, her

lamented death causing deep grief to her husband and her many friends

who greatly admired her for her high qualities of character.

The growth of the northwest has been marvelous but its resources

stimulated the efforts and ambitions of the men who cast in their lot

with the first settlers. At the time of Mr. Ingalls' arrival the red

men had dominion over this entire section of the country. Only here

and there had a little settlement been made along the rivers or the

coast, for navigation alone could bring to man the things which he

needed from other quarters. There were great broad areas that are now

highly cultivated which at that time were unclaimed. The forests, too,

stood in their primeval strength and the rivers were only used for an

occasional trip. Today the powers of the land have been utilized for

the benefit of man and with every phase of development from pioneer

times down to the present Mr. Ingalls is familiar. He has lived to

see the rude frontier cabins replaced by commodious and substantial

homes, the tiny hamlets converted into thriving villages and cities and

the work of progress carried forward along agricultural, industrial

and commercial lines until the northwest has reason to be proud of her

cities, her homes and her mines as well as her wonderful agricultural

development, in which Mr. Ingalls took an active part as one of the

leading farmers of Walla Walla county for many years.

JOHN F. ADAMS.

An upright, honorable man was John F. Adams, whose entire life measured

up to high standards and whose association with public interests

constituted an element of advancement and improvement in this section

of the state.

He was born in Franklin county, Maine, July 20, 1835, a son of Joseph

and Areta (Barrett) Adams, coming of the same ancestry as John Adams

and John Quincy Adams, two of the early presidents of the United

States. Both the parents were natives of Maine and spent their entire

lives there. They had a family of seven children, all of whom have

passed away.

John F. Adams was twenty-two years of age when in 1857 he became

identified with the northwest, settling first in Douglas county,

Oregon, where he took up the profession of teaching in the Umpqua

Valley, which he followed for five years. He then exchanged the

master's rod for the shepherd's crook, becoming extensively engaged in

sheep raising in Umatilla county, Oregon, in 1865, where he resided

for twenty-three years, and in addition to raising sheep engaged

also in raising cattle and horses, handling only high bred stock. He

became one of the foremost representatives of live stock interests in

this section of the country, his business affairs being wisely and

successfully managed. He was also one of the organizers of the Savings

Bank at Pendleton, Oregon, and served as its president until his death.

He shaped its policy and directed its activities, helping to make it

one of the strong financial concerns of that section. He was devoted to

the welfare of his town and his county and was actuated by a spirit of

progress and improvement in all that he undertook.

On November 17, 1878, Mr. Adams was united in marriage to Miss Susan

F. Fry, a native of Indiana and a daughter of Robert and Amanda

(Francis) Fry. The father was a native of Virginia, while the mother's

birth occurred in Kentucky, and in early life they removed westward

to Indiana, where they were married. The mother died in that state

but Mr. Fry afterward removed to Kansas, where his demise occurred.

In their family were three children, of whom two are now living. To

Mr. and Mrs. Adams were born five children: John R., who is a resident

of Oregon; George H., who has passed away; Walter F., living in Walla

Walla; Pauline, the wife of Walter Bemus, of Walla Walla; and Helen M.,

the wife of Frederick Morrison, of Oakland, California. She was in her

girlhood days a student in Whitman College of Walla Walla.

The death of the husband and father occurred in McMinnville, Oregon, in

March, 1899, but he was laid to rest in Mountain View cemetery in Walla

Walla. He was a self-made man and deserved much credit for what he

accomplished. At the time of his death he owned several hundred acres,

constituting one of the excellent stock ranches of the Inland Empire.

Since his demise his widow and her family have removed to Walla Walla,

where they took up their abode in 1904, and she now owns an attractive

home on Boyer avenue.

Mrs. Adams belongs to the Baptist church, of which Mr. Adams was also a

devoted member and an active church worker, doing all in his power to

further the cause and extend the influence of the church. In politics

he was an earnest republican and took a helpful interest in promoting

party successes. He held several county offices while in Umatilla

county, Oregon, and at all times was true and loyal to the trust

reposed in him. In a word, his was an honorable and upright career and

his memory remains enshrined in the hearts of all who knew him. He

possessed many sterling characteristics, was straightforward in every

business transaction, was patriotic in citizenship, held friendship

inviolable and was devoted to the happiness of his wife and children.

C. S. CREWS.

C. S. Crews, who is perhaps better known to his hundreds of friends on

the Pacific coast as "Doc" Crews, has a most wide acquaintance as a

theatrical manager. He is now manager of the Crews Amusement Company,

operating the Liberty Theater in Walla Walla, which is the only

vaudeville theater in the city.

He was born in Montrose, Henry county, Missouri, October 13, 1881, a

son of Tyson M. and Elizabeth (Reed) Crews, the former a native of

Winston-Salem, North Carolina, while the latter was born in Henry

county, Missouri. The paternal grandfather, Edward Crews, was the

owner of a large tobacco plantation and many slaves in North Carolina.

In young manhood Tyson M. Crews removed westward to Henry county,

Missouri, where he was married and resided until 1881, when he returned

to North Carolina. In 1888 he came to Walla Walla, where he engaged

in the coal and wood business, but the panic of 1892-3 forced him to

suspend operations in that line. He then went to work as a stationary

engineer in a laundry and subsequently removed to Olympia, Washington,

where he established himself in the laundry business. In 1913 he went

to Roy, Idaho, where he has since been engaged in farming.

C. S. Crews was educated in the public schools of Walla Walla, having

been brought to the west during his early boyhood days. The spirit

of western enterprise and progress has always been a dominant factor

in his career. From an early age he has been dependent upon his own

resources and whatever success he has achieved is the direct reward

of his labors. As a boy he worked in a livery stable for a wage of

twenty-five cents per day. Subsequently he was employed in a laundry

at fifty cents per day and later he secured the position of cashier

in the mercantile house of the Schwabacher Company. He was endowed by

nature with musical talent and during these years he became identified

with the Walla Walla Band as drummer and in the years following he

accumulated musical instruments to the value of about a thousand

dollars. These included xylophones, saxophones, aluminum chimes, bamboo

chimes, marimbaphones and sonorophones. In fact he acquired everything

in the musical novelty line. The mercantile company with which he was

employed refusing to allow him vacations in order to attend to his

band duties, he accordingly resigned and later took up a position with

the Mottee-Wheeler Company as credit man, continuing his musical work.

In 1903 and 1904 he toured the country on the vaudeville circuit as a

novelty musical artist with pleasing success. He then returned to Walla

Walla and again entered the employ of the Mottee-Wheeler Company. The

moving picture business became a feature of entertainment and Mr. Crews

associated himself therewith, opening up a moving picture house in a

modest way, and from this small start was developed what is now the

Strand, the Arcade and the Liberty, all of which Mr. Crews established,

but in October, 1916, he sold the Strand and the Arcade and now

operates only the Liberty, where he puts forth nothing but the highest

class pictures and also gives a vaudeville show of equal worth. In the

days of the Western Tri-State Baseball League, of which he was one of

the organizers, he was the vice president and the secretary. He is thus

well known in sporting as well as in entertainment circles.

In April, 1906, Mr. Crews was united in marriage to Miss Mary A.

Connors, of Walla Walla, and to them have been born three sons and

three daughters, known as the Golden Stairway, all being of blond

complexion with golden hair, while Mr. Crews has black hair. The

children are Naomi, Norma, Francis, Mignon, Clarence E. and John. Mrs.

Crews is gifted musically, being a graduate in music of St. Vincent's

Academy, and she possesses notable skill in piano playing.

Mr. Crews belongs to Walla Walla Lodge, No. 287, B. P. O. E. He is also

a member of the Loyal Order of Moose and of the Knights of Columbus.

He likewise belongs to the Turkey Reds, an organization comprising the

most progressive men of the Commercial Club, and his religious faith is

that of the Catholic church.

PETER R. WELLER.

Peter R. Weller, who is devoting his time and attention mainly to stock

raising under the name of the Weller Live Stock Company, resides on

an excellent tract of land on section 22, township 13 north, range 40

east, Garfield county. He was born in Livingston county, New York,

September 1, 1862, and is a son of Andrew J. and Mary (Huff) Weller.

The father was also a native of New York, while the mother was a native

of Ireland, but both passed away in the Empire state. Two of their four

children are now living, the one besides our subject being Mrs. Jennie

Folnsbe, a resident of Garfield county, Washington.

Peter R. Weller was reared in his native state and there obtained a

common school education. When twenty-one years old he crossed the

continent to Garfield county, Washington, and here turned his attention

to farming. At length, however, he decided that stock raising offered

better opportunities and since 1900 he has been engaged in the stock

business under the name of Weller Live Stock Company, which owns 10,600

acres of land which provides abundant pasture and from which large

crops of alfalfa hay are harvested. The company now has about five

thousand head of sheep and two hundred head of cattle and it ranks as

a leader in stock raising circles. Mr. Weller gives careful personal

attention to the management of the company's interests and is a careful

student of all the problems connected with the raising of stock.

[Illustration: PETER R. WELLER]

He supports the republican party at the polls and has been a member

of the school board but has not held other office. He is identified

with the Knights of Pythias and in his life has exemplified the

benefit spirit of the order. Through his membership in the Live Stock

Association he comes in touch with other men engaged in that line of

business and finds the exchange of experiences and ideas of great

value. He has found the Pacific northwest a land of opportunity and

as his salient characteristics are enterprise and the ability to

distinguish between the essential and the nonessential in a situation

he has been able to take advantage of the opportunities here offered

and is now one of the leading citizens of Garfield county.

NICHOLAS S. SULLIVAN.

Nicholas S. Sullivan, manager of and partner in the business conducted

under the name of the Whitehouse Clothing Company in Walla Walla, is

thus active in control of one of the leading enterprises of this kind

in the city. Alert and energetic, his purposes are well defined and are

carried forward to successful completion.

He was born in Marysville, California, April 3, 1872, a son of John E.

and Jane (Richardson) Sullivan. The father was born in Ireland and the

mother in East India and both have now passed away. The former was a

civil engineer, following that profession throughout his entire career.

The family numbered eight children, two sons and six daughters, but

only three of the number are now living.

Nicholas S. Sullivan was educated in the La Salle school, a parochial

school of Walla Walla, and also in the public schools. His father

removed with the family to Walla Walla county about the year 1884, when

the son was a youth of twelve years. He made his initial step in the

business world as a cash boy in the dry goods and clothing store of

Doheny & Marum. When his employers sold out he became a clerk in the

service of Al Goldman, who was proprietor of a clothing store, and with

him remained for about twelve years. He then became connected with R.

E. Guichard, owner of the Whitehouse clothing store, with whom he acted

as assistant manager during Mr. Guichard's life. Before his demise

he purchased stock in the business and upon the death of the senior

partner took over the management of the store and has since been active

in its control. The company carries a large and carefully selected

stock of men's clothing and furnishings and their business has reached

a gratifying figure. They put forth the most earnest efforts to please

their customers, recognizing ever that satisfied patrons are the best

advertisement. Their business methods are such as will bear the closest

investigation and scrutiny, and energy, enterprise and integrity have

gained Mr. Sullivan a place among the leading merchants of Walla Walla.

On the 16th of October, 1905, Mr. Sullivan was married to Miss Flora

Hobkirk, of Portland, Oregon, her parents being Peter and Maria

Hobkirk, the former a pioneer contractor of Portland. Mr. and Mrs.

Sullivan have one son, Nicholas Peter, born September 15, 1906.

The parents hold membership in the Catholic church and Mr. Sullivan is

identified with the Knights of Columbus and the Benevolent Protective

Order of Elks. He is also a member of the Commercial Club and he gives

his political allegiance to the democratic party but has never sought

or desired office, preferring to concentrate his time, energies and

attention upon his business affairs. He is not remiss in the duties

of citizenship, however, and his co-operation can be counted upon

to further every plan and measure for the general good. He has many

sterling traits of character and his pronounced qualities have won for

him personal popularity.

JOHN N. THOMPSON.

John N. Thompson became a resident of what is now Columbia county in

the early days of its settlement and went through all the unpleasant

experiences of pioneer life but also had the satisfaction of knowing

that he was a factor in bringing about the transformation that has made

this county the rival of the older localities in the east in all that

pertains to the highest type of civilization. He was quick to recognize

the unequalled opportunities offered in the unclaimed frontier land of

the Walla Walla valley, and from time to time added to his holdings,

becoming eventually the owner of three thousand acres, of which more

than nine hundred acres is excellently adapted to the raising of wheat.

He accomplished much during his long and busy life, and his demise was

recognized as a loss to his community.

Mr. Thompson was born December 20, 1836, in New York state, and was a

son of Elisha D. and Anne Thompson, the former born in New Hampshire

and the latter in Massachusetts. At length the family removed to

Wisconsin and there the parents resided until called by death. To them

were born ten children, of whom only one survives.

John N. Thompson grew to manhood in the Badger state, and his education

was that afforded by its public schools. In 1860 he decided to try

his fortune in the west and for some time engaged in gold mining in

Colorado. Later he removed to Oregon, whence he came to Old Walla Walla

county, Washington, homesteading land in what is now Columbia county.

He at once began the improvement of his place and his labors proved

so profitable financially that he was able to purchase more and more

land, holding title at his death to three thousand acres. He engaged

in both wheat and stock raising, nine hundred and twenty acres of his

holdings being wheat land, and about two thousand acres comprising a

stock farm. The management of his extensive interests required marked

executive ability as well as a thorough knowledge of the best methods

of cultivating the fields and caring for the stock, but he proved

more than equal to all the demands made upon him and was thoroughly

businesslike in the direction of his affairs.

[Illustration: MRS. JOHN N. THOMPSON]

[Illustration: JOHN N. THOMPSON]

Mr. Thompson was married in Oregon, November 8, 1871, to Miss Viola A.

Eastham, a native of Oregon and a daughter of William F. and Delilah

(Clever) Eastham. Her father was born in West Virginia and her mother

in Illinois, in which state their marriage occurred. In 1848 they made

the long journey across the plains by wagon train, that being the

only means of travel, and Mr. Eastham took up a donation claim of six

hundred and forty acres near Salem, Oregon. Their first residence in

the west was a log cabin and their life was that common to pioneers,

characterized by hard work and self-denial. They were not discouraged,

however, and in time were rewarded by prosperity. Both Mr. and Mrs.

Eastham passed away in Oregon, and six of their fourteen children are

also deceased. To Mr. and Mrs. Thompson were born four children: Myrtle

A., who died when three years old; Roy Eastham, who died at the age of

five years; Leo John, a well known stock man of Columbia county, who

is married and has two children, Roy B. and Helen A.; and Helen Viola,

a graduate of Pullman College and the wife of Irving F. Laucks, of

Seattle, by whom she has a daughter, Helen V.

Mr. Thompson was a stalwart republican and was an active party worker,

doing all in his power to secure the success of the republican

candidates. He had a wide acquaintance throughout Columbia county

and had many friends to mourn his death, which occurred in 1910. His

remains were interred in Dayton cemetery.

THOMAS B. McKEIRNAN.

Thomas B. McKeirnan was well known as an extensive farmer of Garfield

county, Washington, and his death, which occurred at a comparatively

early age, was recognized as a loss to the community as well as to his

friends. He was born in Pennsylvania, March 29, 1874, a son of Michael

and Mary (Donnelly) McKeirnan, the former born in Ireland and the

latter in Pennsylvania. The parents were married in the Keystone state

and resided there until 1884, when they made their way to Garfield

county, Washington, and located upon a farm, which remained their home

until they retired from active life and removed to Pomeroy, where they

still live. To them were born six children, of whom three survive.

Thomas B. McKeirnan was about ten years of age at the time of the

removal of the family to the west and the greater part of his education

was acquired in the public schools of Garfield county. He was reared

to farm work and on starting out upon his independent career continued

to follow agricultural pursuits. He prospered and as the years passed

added to his holdings, owning at the time of his death eleven hundred

acres, which is still in possession of his widow. He was systematic,

practical and progressive in carrying on his work and the success

that came to him was but the natural result of his industry and good

management.

Mr. McKeirnan was married in 1897 to Miss Hattie Edwards, who was born

in western Oregon, a daughter of Orlando and Ella (Ritz) Edwards, both

natives of Oregon and representatives of two of the earliest families

of that state. Both survive and their six children are also living.

Mrs. McKeirnan is a graduate of the Walla Walla high school and taught

for two terms prior to her marriage. She personally manages the estate

and possesses an unusual degree of executive ability and sound business

judgment. She owns a fine residence in Pomeroy and since her husband's

death has lived in town. To them were born seven children, namely:

Thomas L., who spent five years at Gonzaga University in Spokane and

is now at Columbia University in Portland but in March, 1918, expects

to take the examination for West Point Military Academy; Marie, a high

school student; Leland, deceased; Frances J., in high school; John J.;

William R.; and Alice E.

Mr. McKeirnan supported the candidates of the democratic party at the

polls but was not otherwise active in public affairs, preferring to

devote his attention to his farming interests. He passed away November

6, 1913, and was laid to rest in the Catholic cemetery. His salient

characteristics were such as invariably command respect and regard and

he won many friends who still cherish his memory.

KRISTIAN FALKENBERG.

There are many chapters of unusual interest in the life record of

Kristian Falkenberg although he is now quietly engaged in commercial

pursuits, being recognized as the leading jeweler of Walla Walla and

one of the city's most progressive business men.

He was born in Norway on the 16th of August, 1872, where he lived until

a young man of twenty, having graduated from high school and completed

his apprenticeship as a watchmaker with Frederick August Michelet,

the leading chronometer and watchmaker of Norway. At this time Mr.

Falkenberg decided to come to the United States, choosing Chicago as

his destination, and there he lived for nearly five years. In 1897 he

went to Alaska, leaving on the 15th of September with the second party

that left Chicago for the gold fields. They went by way of Edmonton

and the Mackenzie river, which was the all Canadian route. It required

twenty-two months to make the trip, on which they were engaged in

hunting and prospecting. There were three who started together but

only two of them reached their destination. They arrived in Dawson on

the 8th of July, 1899, after having made nine hundred miles of their

journey on foot through the wilderness, carrying from eighty-five to

one hundred and fifty pounds on their backs and in winter time pulling

as high as five hundred pounds each on a sled. During the latter part

of the journey their supply of provisions became exhausted and they

lived on decayed vegetables and lynx meat, shooting lynx from time

to time as needed. From the time Mr. Falkenberg left Chicago until

his return, a period of four years and six weeks, he kept a daily

record of his journey. He left Dawson for Rampart City on the Yukon

in company with a manufacturing jeweler from Dawson and they engaged

in the jewelry business in Rampart. In 1900 they followed the rush

to Nome and were engaged in the jewelry business at St. Michael. In

November, 1901, Mr. Falkenberg returned to Chicago for a visit, but in

the spring of 1902 he again went to St. Michael, where he reopened his

store. In the fall of that year he returned to Rampart City, where he

conducted a jewelry business until 1905, when he again made his way to

Chicago. He was not satisfied with life in that section of the country,

however, after having been for so long a period in the west with its

boundless opportunities and spirit of undaunted enterprise, so after

two weeks spent in the Illinois metropolis he again turned his face

toward the west. He arrived in Walla Walla on the 10th of October and

after deciding to remain here opened a jewelry house at the corner of

Fourth and Main streets, on what is known as the Dacres Hotel corner.

Ten months later he removed to No. 42 East Main street, his present

location. Here he has built up an extensive business and he has one

of the most attractive and modern jewelry houses of the state. He

carries a large and well selected line of goods of domestic and foreign

manufacture, and, in fact, everything to be found in the jewelry trade

can be had in this establishment. Practically his entire life has been

devoted to this line of business, with which he is thoroughly familiar,

and his progressive methods are manifest in the substantial patronage

accorded him.

[Illustration: COUNTRY HOME OF MRS. J. N. THOMPSON, COLUMBIA COUNTY

Built in 1902]

On the 31st of December, 1908, Mr. Falkenberg was united in marriage

to Miss Grace Young, of Chicago, who came to Walla Walla on the 4th

of November, 1907, to teach vocal music in the St. Paul's School for

Girls. To this marriage have been born two children, Karen and Wendell.

Mr. Falkenberg is an active thirty-second degree Mason, a Knight

Templar and Shriner and also a member of the Elks and Odd Fellows. He

is a life member and past arctic chief of Camp Rampart, No. 15, of the

Arctic Brotherhood, which numbers among its members Senators Knute

Nelson, William P. Dillingham, James E. Burnham and Mr. Ramsdell,

Sergeant-at-arms. These men have all had Alaskan experience and are

bound together in ties of memory and comradeship that have to do with

their sojourn in that country. Mr. Falkenberg is also a member of

the Commercial Club and is serving on its board of directors. He has

membership in the Washington State Jewelers' Association, which has

honored him with election to the presidency, in which capacity he has

been serving for two years. He is also on the membership committee of

the American National Jewelers' Association, a fact which is indicative

of his high standing among his business associates.

In his life history are many interesting chapters and when he can be

induced to talk of the past Mr. Falkenberg tells many a thrilling

tale of life in the far north. The west with its opportunities for

advancement made strong appeal to him and he possesses that character

that is ever ready to cope with new conditions and mold them to

his own ends. His course as a representative business man has been

characterized by all those qualities which men in every clime and

country respect. His sterling worth is widely acknowledged and he has

the confidence and goodwill of all with whom he has been associated.

FRANCIS M. STUBBLEFIELD.

Francis M. Stubblefield, deceased, was a well known farmer and

during his residence here gained many friends, who deeply regretted

his demise. He was born in Arkansas, May 7, 1833, and received his

education and grew to manhood in that state. There he continued until

1860, when he crossed the plains to Oregon, locating in that state ten

miles southeast of Walla Walla, on Cottonwood creek. He devoted his

time to farming and stock raising until his death and his industry and

good management enabled him to gain a competence.

In 1874 Mr. Stubblefield was united in marriage to Miss Adeline

Huckaby, a daughter of Berryman and Sarah E. (Milton) Huckaby, both

of whom were born in North Carolina but removed to Missouri, whence

in 1860 they made the long journey across the plains by ox team. For

three years they resided on a farm in southern Oregon and then removed

to California, where they lived until 1872. In that year they took up

their residence near Colfax, in the Palouse country, in Washington,

and there both passed away. To Mr. and Mrs. Stubblefield were born

eleven children, namely; Joseph, Lee, Mary and Hattie, all of whom are

deceased; Francis M., who is living on the old homestead in Oregon;

Sarah and John, both deceased; Clara M., at home; Ida, the wife of

Robert C. Still, of Oregon; Thomas Earl, deceased; and Laura Myrtle,

who is a graduate of the Bellingham State Normal School and is now a

teacher in the public schools at Doty, Washington.

Mr. Stubblefield endorsed the principles of the democratic party

but confined his political activity to the exercise of his right of

franchise. He passed away on August 7, 1893, and was laid to rest in

the Salem cemetery. He was a man of fine character and was highly

esteemed by all who knew him. Mrs. Stubblefield still owns one hundred

and ninety-eight acres of finely improved wheat land and also her

residence in Walla Walla.

H. P. BRUCH.

H. P. Bruch, a retired farmer living in Waitsburg, where he is well and

favorably known, was born in Pennsylvania, February 18, 1844, a son of

John and Mary A. (Hinkle) Bruch, both of whom were born in the Keystone

state. In 1855 the family removed to Hardin county, Iowa, where the

father engaged in farming until he was killed by lightning in 1856.

The mother removed to Nebraska, and died there at the advance age of

ninety-six years.

H. P. Bruch, who is one of two living children of a family of seven,

was reared in Iowa and attended the public schools in the acquirement

of his education. In 1862 he enlisted in Company K, Eighth Minnesota

Volunteer Infantry, and served at the front for three years, thus

assisting in the preservation of the Union. He was in a number of hard

fought battles but escaped injury and remained with his command until

mustered out in North Carolina. He then returned to Iowa and rented

a farm in Hardin county. He remained a resident of that county until

1881, when he came to Walla Walla county, Washington, and took up a

homestead eleven miles north of Prescott. For eighteen years his time

and attention were given to the operation of this place and his ability

as a farmer was proven by the large crops which he annually harvested.

At length he sold that place and removed to Waitsburg, where he owns

seven acres of land as well as residence properties which he rents. His

own home is commodious and up-to-date in its appointments, and he is

enjoying all the comforts of life.

On December 31, 1868, Mr. Bruch was married to Miss Lydia A. Brown,

who was born in Indiana, and was a daughter of Jacob and Sarah

(Starbuck) Brown, also Hoosiers by birth. On leaving their native state

they removed to Madison county, Iowa, whence they later went to Warren

county, Iowa, which they left to take up their abode in Guthrie Center.

There both passed away. Nine of their ten children still survive. To

Mr. and Mrs. Bruch have been born six children, namely: Cora B., the

widow of Arthur Merry; Luvene E., engaged in the laundry business in

Ritzville, Washington; Bessie M., who is the wife of George Smith, a

resident of British Columbia; Harry A.; and Sarah B. and Jacob, twins,

both at home.

Mr. Bruch is a Methodist in religious faith and is loyal in the support

of the activities of that church. His political allegiance is given

to the republican party and he has served with credit on the school

board and as road supervisor. He finds great pleasure in recalling his

services in the Civil war and is a member of Burnside Post, No. 40, G.

A. R., thus keeping in touch with other veterans of that struggle. He

is a member of the Patriotic Sons of America. Both he and his wife are

highly esteemed, their salient qualities being such as never fail to

command respect.

L. B. BURROUGHS.

L. B. Burroughs, proprietor of the Sheet Metal Works, one of the

principal industries of Walla Walla, was born in Pontiac, Michigan,

October 7, 1864, a son of William P. and Elizabeth A. (Allshouse)

Burroughs, natives respectively of Pennsylvania and of New Jersey.

A short time after their marriage in New York city they removed to

Pontiac and thence in 1878 went to Detroit, Michigan. The mother still

makes her home there at the age of eighty-five years and is in vigorous

health. The father died April 18, 1911. He was a successful clothing

merchant and was an important factor in the commercial life of Pontiac,

Michigan.

L. B. Burroughs received his education in the graded school and in the

high school of Detroit, which he attended until his seventeenth year,

when he went to work as a clerk in a hardware store in Detroit. Four

years later he removed to Ypsilanti and for three years he remained

in that city but subsequently went to Montana, where he spent six

years. His next removal was to Portland, Oregon, and he maintained his

residence there until 1900, when he came to Walla Walla. For a decade

he was employed by the Drumheller Company, but in 1910 he established

the Sheet Metal Works, which in the intervening period has developed

into an important concern. It manufactures practically all lines

of sheet metal goods pertaining to the building trades, including

cornices, skylights and hot air furnaces. Gradually new territory has

been covered until the concern now sells over practically the entire

Inland Empire, and its reputation for excellent materials and high

class workmanship is well established. The success of the business is

attributable mainly to the energy, the business experience and the high

standards of its founder, Mr. Burroughs.

On the 18th of September, 1906, occurred the marriage of Mr. Burroughs

and Miss Angeline Sheldon. Her parents, Alonzo C. F. and Dell C.

Sheldon, are residents of Walla Walla county, where the father is

engaged in farming. Mr. and Mrs. Burroughs have five children, namely,

William S., Frances E., John B., Robert L. and Jane.

Mr. Burroughs supports the republican party by his vote but has never

been an office seeker. His fraternal connection is with Walla Walla

Lodge, No. 287, B. P. O. E. He belongs to the Walla Walla Commercial

Club and is enthusiastic in his advocacy of the various measures

instituted by that body for the upbuilding of his city. During the

seventeen years that he has been a resident of Walla Walla he has

gained a place among the leading men of the town and his worth is

generally recognized.

MORRIS A. WOODS.

Morris A. Woods, who is farming on section 21, township 9 north, range

37 east, Walla Walla county, has never had occasion to regret his

choice of an occupation for he has found the work of an agriculturist

both congenial and profitable. His birth occurred in Chippewa county,

Minnesota, January 26, 1872, and he is a son of Joel and Viola M.

(Hull) Woods, the former a native of New York and the latter of

Wisconsin. In early manhood the father went to Menominee, Wisconsin,

and there their marriage occurred March 9, 1870, but they removed at

once to Chippewa county, Minnesota. In 1876 they came by horse team to

the Pacific coast, locating in Grande Ronde valley, near Summerville,

Oregon. Four years later removal was made to Spring valley in Walla

Walla county, Washington, where the winter of 1880-81 was spent.

The next spring, however, the family removed to the Touchet valley,

and in 1882 Mr. Woods took up a homestead and a timber claim a mile

northeast of Pleasant View. He proved up upon his land and then sold

it, removing with his family one and a half miles west of Waitsburg on

the Touchet river. This place remained his residence until his death,

which occurred March 1, 1910. As the years passed, however, he had

greatly added to his holdings and became the owner of 3,700 acres of

rich and valuable wheat land. His extensive farming operations were

conducted in a systematic and businesslike manner, and he received a

large income from his lands. Mrs. Woods survives and still lives on the

old homestead.

Morris A. Woods began his education in the district schools and was

later a student in the Waitsburg schools. This was supplemented by

thorough training in the work of the farm gained under the direction

of his father. On reaching mature years his father took him into

partnership and they farmed together until 1905. Mr. Woods of this

review was married in January, 1906, and removed with his bride to

his present home farm, which he had previously acquired. His place

comprises six hundred and forty acres of as fine wheat land as can be

found in the northwest, and he annually harvests large crops of grain

of the first quality. He has not only won financial independence but

he has also been a factor in the development of Walla Walla county

as a great wheat region, giving the closest study to the problem of

increasing production. He is a stockholder in the Exchange Bank of

Waitsburg.

[Illustration: MORRIS A. WOODS]

Mr. Woods was married January 10, 1906, to Miss Olive Parker, a

daughter of the late James Parker, one of the early settlers of the

county. Her father was born in Virginia and in early manhood was

married at Minonk, Illinois, to Miss Achsah L. Bruce, a native of

Indiana. He not only followed farming but also worked at the cabinet

maker's trade and engaged in contracting. It was in 1876 that he came

to Washington and bought a tract of land adjoining the city limits of

Waitsburg on the northwest. In 1884, however, he returned to Lincoln

county, Washington, where he followed farming and stock raising until

1892, when he retired from active life and removed to Waitsburg, where

his death occurred February 7, 1903. His wife survived him for five

years, passing way February 19, 1908. Both were consistent members of

the Christian church and he was a democrat in politics. To Mr. and Mrs.

Woods has been born a daughter, Mildred Ernestine.

Mr. Woods gives his political indorsement to the republican party but

has never sought office, his farming interests leaving him little time

for outside activities. He is connected with Delta Lodge, No. 70, K. P.

and the Ancient Order of United Workmen, and both he and his wife hold

membership in the Christian church. In his business dealings, as well

as in the private relations of life, he has guided his course by the

highest ethical standards, and his uncompromising integrity and been

sense of justice have made him highly respected wherever known. His

success has been based upon the sure foundation of hard work, careful

management and a progressive spirit, and the place which he occupies in

agricultural circles as an up-to-date and successful farmer is fully

merited.

MAJOR JOHN CARR.

Major John Carr is now living retired in Dayton but in former years was

an active factor in industrial circles, being connected with building

operations and with the lumber and planing mill business.

Wisconsin numbers him among her native sons, his birth having occurred

in that state January 2, 1852, his parents being Nicholas and Anna

Carr. He acquired his education in the public schools of Wisconsin

and after his textbooks were put aside learned the carpenter's

and builder's trade, which he followed for a considerable period.

Eventually he branched out into other lines and became identified with

the operation of a lumber and planing mill. He has been a resident of

Washington since 1877 and conducted business at Dayton for several

years. Untiring industry and perseverance constituted important factors

in his growing success and as the years passed on he acquired a

substantial competence which now enables him to live retired and enjoy

all of the comforts and many of the luxuries of life.

In 1872, in Oconomowoc, Wisconsin, Major Carr was united in marriage to

Miss Anna Nims, a daughter of Loyal and Sylvia Nims. They have become

parents of three children: Flora, who died in childhood; Lolo, the wife

of Fred Harman; and Beulah, the wife of Byron Matzger.

Major Carr's military record is an interesting one. He served as a

captain and lieutenant colonel in the state militia for many years and

was made a major of the First Washington Regiment at the outbreak

of the Spanish-American war, thus winning the title by which he is

known. He has rendered effective service to his city along many lines

of development and progress, has served for seven years as school

director, as a member of the city council for nine years and was mayor

for one year. Fraternally he is well known as a Mason and has attained

the Knight Templar degree of the York Rite and the thirty-second degree

of the Scottish Rite, while with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine he

has also crossed the sands of the desert. For five years he was master

of his lodge, was also high priest of the Royal Arch chapter for a

year and has held various other offices in the Masonic fraternity.

His religious faith is that of the Episcopal church and its teachings

have guided him in all the relations of life, making him a man whom

to know is to esteem and honor. His worth is widely acknowledged in

citizenship, in business circles and in social relations. He has ever

been loyal and patriotic in his devotion to his country, manifesting

his allegiance in military aid when such was necessary and standing at

all times for those interests and projects which he has believed to be

of worth to the community, the commonwealth and the country.

JAMES W. TAYLOR

James W. Taylor, who is farming on section 29, township 9 north, range

38 east, Walla Walla county, has never had occasion to regret his

choice of an occupation for he has found farming both profitable and

congenial. He was born in Johnson county, Missouri, January 20, 1873,

but when only seven years old was brought by his parents to Walla Walla

county, where he grew to manhood and received his education. During his

boyhood and youth much of his time was given to assisting his father,

and on attaining his majority he and his two brothers began farming in

partnership. This relation was continued until 1905 and they operated

one thousand acres of land. James W. Taylor then withdrew from the firm

and to his share of the property amounting to three hundred and sixty,

he has added until he now owns five hundred and twenty-two acres.

His farm is finely improved and is equipped with the most up-to-date

machinery. The land is excellently suited to the cultivation of wheat

and he annually harvests large crops. He also engages in stock raising,

an industry that has flourished in Walla Walla county since its first

settlement. He is likewise a stockholder in the Exchange Bank at

Waitsburg, and is one of the substantial citizens of the county.

On the 7th day of October, 1896, Mr. Taylor was united in marriage to

Miss Bonnie Brockman, a native of Missouri, who in 1887, accompanied

her parents, William J. and Emma (Cox) Brockman, to Washington. The

father has passed away but the mother is residing in Dayton. Three

children have been born to Mr. and Mrs. Taylor: Herman W. and Helen U.,

both of whom are in high school; and Charles Floyd.

[Illustration: JAMES W. TAYLOR AND FAMILY]

Mr. Taylor gives his political allegiance to the democratic party and

is now serving his district as school director. He is a member of

Touchet Lodge, No. 5, I. O. O. F., at Waitsburg, in which he has filled

all of the chairs, and he also belongs to the Ancient Order of United

Workmen. He and his wife are members of the Rebekahs and belong to the

Christian church. In carefully managing his farming interests he has

not only won prosperity but has also had a part in the development of

Walla Walla county along agricultural and stock raising lines.

OTTO LABUDDE.

Otto Labudde, a representative agriculturist residing in Walla Walla,

was born in Germany on the 2d of September, 1861, his parents being

Carl and Charlotte (Ratzenburg) Labudde, both of whom passed away in

that country. There he attended the common schools in the acquirement

of an education and spent the first twenty-three years of his life.

In 1884 he determined to try his fortune in the new world and crossed

the Atlantic to the United States, locating in Milwaukee, Wisconsin,

where for three years he worked at the blacksmith's trade, which he

had learned in his native land. On the expiration of that period, in

1887, he came to Walla Walla county, Washington, here continuing work

at his trade for seven or eight months. The railroad was at that time

being built through to Eureka and Mr. Labudde therefore erected a shop

at Eureka Junction, conducting business there for four or five years.

He then embarked in merchandising at Eureka and was made postmaster

of the town, ably serving in that capacity for eight years. While a

resident of Eureka he took up three quarter sections of land, using his

homestead, his preemption and his timber culture rights, and in 1897 he

removed to the ranch and turned his attention to the stock business.

Two years later he rented the property and took up his abode in the

city of Walla Walla, where he has since remained. He had purchased

land adjoining his homestead and at one time owned fourteen hundred

and fourteen acres in one body on Snake river, at Page Station, all of

which he recently sold to John Reser. However, he still owns a farm of

one hundred and seventy acres a mile and a half south of Walla Walla

and a tract of twenty-two acres on the Milton road, a mile and a half

south of College Place. Success has attended his undertakings, for in

the conduct of his interests he has ever displayed close application,

unremitting energy and sound judgment that have brought desired results.

In 1893 Mr. Labudde was united in marriage to Miss Caroline Luckenbill,

a native of Walla Walla and a daughter of Martin Luckenbill, who

crossed the plains from Wisconsin to California in 1859 and was engaged

in placer mining for a time. In 1863 he came to Walla Walla county

and here operated a pack train in partnership with Dick Kelling for a

number of years, while subsequently he embarked in business at Walla

Walla.

Politically Mr. Labudde is a stanch republican, believing firmly in the

principles of that party. He is past grand of Washington Lodge, No. 19,

I. O. O. F., and also belongs to the encampment and the canton, while

both he and his wife are identified with the Rebekahs, the latter being

past noble grand. Mr. Labudde likewise belongs to the Ancient Order

of Foresters, of which he is past chief ranger. Mr. Labudde is one of

the charter members of the Farmers' Union and was chosen secretary

soon after the organization was perfected and served in the office

for several years. In religious faith he is a Lutheran but attends

the services of the Presbyterian church with his wife. Mrs. Labudde

belongs to the Pioneers' Association of Walla Walla and is honored

as a native daughter of the county in which her entire life has been

spent. Mr. Labudde has never regretted his determination to seek a home

in America, for he has wisely utilized the opportunities here offered

and during the period of his residence in Walla Walla county, covering

three decades, has gained an enviable measure of prosperity.

L. W. ESTES.

L. W. Estes, residing in Walla Walla, is the owner of valuable farming

property in Walla Walla county, having twelve hundred and eighty acres

north of Prescott, which he continued to personally cultivate and

develop until 1917, when he rented his ranch to his sons. He was born

in Arkansas on the 13th of January, 1859, a son of Thomas and Renie

(Long) Estes. The father was a native of North Carolina, while the

mother was born in Tennessee. They were married in the former state

and subsequently removed to Arkansas, where they resided until 1861.

In that year they crossed the plains with ox teams to Washington. The

wagon train with which they traveled had a great deal of trouble with

the Indians and one man who had lingered behind the others in order to

fish was scalped, while another was shot through the leg but succeeded

in eluding his pursuers and later joined the train. They arrived in

Walla Walla, where they spent the hard winter of 1861 and 1862. Mr.

Estes, however, soon after reaching his destination, homesteaded one

hundred and sixty acres on Dry creek, about six miles northwest of

Walla Walla, and there built a log house which he weatherboarded and

made habitable. He lived upon that ranch until 1879, at which time he

sold four hundred and eighty acres and removed to Pleasant View on the

Eureka Flats. There he bought three hundred and twenty acres and made

his home at that place until his death, which occurred in August, 1887,

when he was eighty-six years of age. His wife passed away two years

later at the age of sixty-seven years.

L. W. Estes was but an infant when brought by his parents to the

northwest, so that practically his entire life has been passed here

and he is entirely familiar with the story of its development and

progress from pioneer times down to the present. He was educated in the

district schools and worked with his father until his twenty-fourth

year, at which time he began farming on his own account, his previous

training and experience well qualifying him for heavy responsibilities

and duties of this character. In 1882 he took up a homestead on the

Eureka Flats and the following year began cultivating his land.

Subsequently he bought adjoining land and increased his farm until

he had nine hundred acres. This he traded in 1893 for Walla Walla

business property and removed to the city but continued to operate

his farm. He still owned a small tract of land and in 1903 he bought

four hundred and forty acres in Umatilla county, near Athena, Oregon.

This he subsequently traded for six hundred and forty acres in the

foothills, about nine miles south of Walla Walla, known as the Bay

Shore ranch. After owning that property for two years he exchanged it

for a ranch of twelve hundred and eighty acres north of Prescott, in

Walla Walla county. This property he still owns and was continuously

and successfully engaged in its cultivation and improvement until

1917, when he rented his farm to his sons. He is now engaged in the

real estate business, handling city property and Montana farm lands as

well as farm lands in Washington. In 1903 Mr. Estes built his present

residence in the Green Park addition to Walla Walla at the corner of

Valencia and Elvarado streets. Upon the place was a fine spring called

the Chinese Garden spring, and it was the only water to be had at that

time. His was the second house in the addition and Mr. Estes planted

the hedge around it and made many modern improvements to the place.

[Illustration: L. W. ESTES]

[Illustration: MRS. L. W. ESTES]

In May, 1883, Mr. Estes was united in marriage to Miss Viola Woods, who

is a daughter of Thomas Woods, of Missouri, and came to Walla Walla

county, Washington, the year prior to her marriage. To Mr. and Mrs.

Estes have been born six children, as follows: Clyde B., who follows

farming on the Touchet river in Walla Walla county; Ray Dooley, who

is deceased; Roxy B., who is operating the home farm with his brother

Emmett; Sylva P., the wife of J. P. Hoben, who is secretary and

treasurer with Max Houser of the Pacific Grain Company, of Portland,

Oregon; Winchester C., who is engaged in farming on Dry creek, Walla

Walla county; and Emmett E., on the home farm.

Mr. Estes gives his political allegiance to the democratic party,

while fraternally he is identified with the Independent Order of Odd

Fellows, belonging to Enterprise Lodge, No. 2. He holds the twenty-five

year membership medal and is very popular among his brethren of that

organization, having been a most loyal adherent to its teachings and

principles. He is today a prosperous resident of Walla Walla and

one whose success is attributable entirely to his own efforts. He

had no assistance on starting out in life but empty-handed made his

initial step. He builded his prosperity, however, upon the substantial

qualities of energy, determination and indefatigable industry and

point by point he has advanced, utilizing every movement to good

advantage and recognizing every opportunity that has come his way. He

has therefore done an important work in developing the agricultural

resources of this section of the state.

ALEXANDER JOHNSON.

Alexander Johnson was an early settler of Walla Walla county and was

one of the men who made this region famous for its extensive sheep

raising interests. He was born in County Antrim, Ireland, December

3, 1848, a son of Samuel and Jane Johnson, both also natives of the

Emerald isle. In 1853 they came to America and located in New York

state, where they lived until death. To them were born four children,

of whom three survive.

Alexander Johnson was reared and educated in New Hartford, New York,

as he was only a child at the time of the emigration of the family to

the United States. He remained in the east for a number of years after

attaining his majority but in 1883 made his way to the Pacific coast,

settling on a ranch in Walla Walla county. At that time there was a

great deal of open range and he turned his attention to sheep raising,

then the leading industry in this section. He was very successful in

that business and continued therein until the country became so thickly

settled that it became impossible to find sufficient pasture for his

large flocks. He then turned his attention to farming and in that

connection also gained prosperity.

Mr. Johnson was twice married. In 1878 he wedded Miss Kate Healey, of

New Hartford, New York, and to them was born a son, W. K. Johnson, who

is now living in Walla Walla county. In 1891 Mr. Johnson married Miss

Margaret A. Lewis, of Walla Walla, and by that union there is also a

son, Terry Alexander Johnson.

Mr. Johnson supported the republican party at the polls but was never

an active worker in politics. He belonged to the Independent Order of

Odd Fellows and was laid to rest in the cemetery maintained by that

organization. After a lingering illness of four and a half years he

passed away in Walla Walla on the 13th of August, 1914. In religious

faith he was a Presbyterian and its teachings guided his life. Mrs.

Johnson owns a fine home on East Alder street, Walla Walla, and has

many friends in the city.

GEORGE D. MINNICK.

Among the large landowners of Walla Walla county is George D. Minnick,

who, in partnership with his brother, holds title to more than

thirty-five hundred acres of fertile wheat land. He was born in Davis

county, Iowa, September 27, 1861, a son of Adam and Nancy J. (Davis)

Minnick, the former born in Pennsylvania and the latter in Iowa. The

mother passed away in the Hawkeye state and in 1871 the father came

with his family to Washington, settling on a farm near Pomeroy. At the

end of four years he was able to purchase a tract of land in Spring

valley and removed to that place. Later he went to California, where

his death occurred. He was married a second time and his widow is now a

resident of Walla Walla. To his first union were born three children,

all of whom survive, and to his second, four children, likewise all

still living.

George D. Minnick was about ten years old at the time of the emigration

of the family to the northwest and completed his education in the

schools of Walla Walla county. Equally as valuable as the knowledge

which he acquired from books was the thorough training in practical

farm work which he gained under his father's supervision and on

reaching mature years he decided to devote his life to the occupation

to which he had been reared. He constantly followed the plan of

investing his capital in wheat land and now, in partnership with his

brother, J. H. Minnick, owns thirty-five hundred and sixteen acres, the

value of which is enhanced by the excellent improvements thereon. For

many years he was actively engaged in the operation of his holdings but

is now living practically retired at Walla Walla. He also owns much

valuable mining stock and is one of the men of wealth of Walla Walla

county.

Mr. Minnick casts his ballot in support of the candidates and measures

of the democratic party but has never had the time nor the inclination

to seek office. He holds membership in the Christian church and in

his business dealings as well as in the other relations of life

has invariably conformed his conduct to high moral standards. Among

his salient characteristics are enterprise, self-reliance and sound

judgment, qualities which go far toward ensuring success in any field

of endeavor.

CHARLES WINFIELD PEARSON.

Charles Winfield Pearson, residing on the Solano Ranch, section 16,

township 12 north, range 36 east, Walla Walla county, is an important

factor in the agricultural development of this section, and is

successfully operating more than five thousand acres of land.

He is a native of Rio Vista, California, and was born August 3, 1870, a

son of Josephus and Anna (Watson) Pearson, the former a native either

of Virginia or Kentucky and the latter of Nova Scotia, Canada, and of

Scotch parentage. The Pearson family came to the west by the overland

route in 1856, and the Watsons made the long journey by way of the

Panama isthmus about eight years later. Both families located in Rio

Vista and there Mr. Pearson and Miss Watson were married in 1869. They

continued to reside there until 1878, when they removed to Columbia

county, Washington, locating a mile east of Starbuck, where the father

bought railroad land. He took a prominent part in the organization

of the first school district in that locality and was also the first

postmaster of Starbuck. His time and energy were, in part, devoted

to farming, and he became the owner of about one thousand acres. For

twenty years he also engaged in the meat business and did considerable

contracting in that line for the railroad. He passed away March 10,

1908, and is survived by his widow, who resides with a daughter in

Spokane.

Charles Winfield Pearson received a good common school education and

also pursued a commercial course at the Empire Business College in

Walla Walla. Subsequently he conducted a bicycle store for about two

years in San Francisco, after which he returned home and joined with

his father in the operation of the latter's land. In 1896, however,

he began farming on his own account, leasing school land which he

cultivated, and as he was a practical and up-to-date farmer his capital

steadily increased. He invested his money in land and now holds title

to two thousand five hundred acres, which he operates together with two

thousand six hundred acres of leased land. He conducts his agricultural

affairs in the same careful and progressive manner as a great business

man would control large commercial enterprises, and his annual income

is a highly gratifying one.

In December, 1906, Mr. Pearson was united in marriage to Miss Jean

Hukill, a teacher in the public schools of Starbuck, and they have

become the parents of two children, Josephus and Francis W.

The republican party has a loyal supporter in Mr. Pearson, but he has

confined his political activities to the exercise of his right of

franchise. Fraternally he belongs to Walla Walla Lodge, No. 287, B. P.

O. E., and is popular in that organization. His wife is a member of

the Protestant Episcopal church and is interested in all movements for

the promotion of the moral welfare of her community. Both are widely

known and highly esteemed. Eastern Washington has rapidly come to the

front as one of the great farming districts of the country, and this

development has been made possible by such men as Mr. Pearson--men who

are energetic, alert and keen in judgment and, throughout the same

time, willing to co-operate for the advancement of the public interest.

JOHN W. SUMMERS, M. D.

A most active and strenuous life has brought Dr. John W. Summers to the

position which he occupies as one of the most distinguished physicians

and surgeons of the northwest. His office is located in Walla Walla

but his practice extends throughout the Inland Empire and even beyond.

This alone would entitle him to mention as one of the representative

citizens of the state, but there are many other reasons whereby

he deserves to be classed as one of the honored and distinguished

residents of Washington. He has been identified with various public

projects which have been of great benefit to the commonwealth and as a

legislator has done most important service in furthering constructive

measures which are proving of benefit not only at the present time but

which look beyond the exigencies of the moment to the possibilities and

opportunities of the future. Broad-minded, clean-cut, a man of high

ideals, never afraid to express his honest convictions and working at

all times for the right as he sees it, Dr. Summers has indeed made for

himself an enviable place among those men of Washington whom the state

delights to honor.

He was born in Valeene, Orange county, Indiana, April 29, 1870, a

son of James M. and Sarah (Tower) Summers. The father was for more

than twenty years a county official and one of the most prominent and

influential residents of Orange county, Indiana. He was descended

from one of the early colonial families of Virginia, established in

Fairfax county prior to the Revolutionary war. This family furnished

men and officers for General Lafayette's army. James M. Summers was

united in marriage to Sarah Tower, whose ancestors settled in Hingham,

Massachusetts, in 1637. This family furnished one member to the Boston

Tea Party and several soldiers to the battles of Lexington and of

Concord. Both families number scores of representatives who fought

in the Indian, the Revolutionary, the Mexican, the Civil and the

Spanish-American wars. In fact in every instance where the country has

needed military aid they have been quick to respond and the record is

one of patriotic loyalty and devotion.

Dr. John W. Summers spent his early years as a farm hand, as a

teamster, as a clerk in a village store and as school-teacher. He

also followed several other lines of manual labor and was ever ready

to accept honorable work, believing that all work is honorable if

honorably done. He earned his first money at dropping corn in the

furrows of an Indiana farm, receiving fifteen cents per day for his

services. After graduating from the public schools his own labors

provided the means that enabled him to continue his studies in the

Southern Indiana Normal College and the Kentucky School of Medicine,

from which he was graduated with high honors in the class of 1892.

He is entirely a self-educated and self-made man. He has studied in

London, England, and in New York, pursuing his work in those cities

in 1895 and 1896. He again went abroad for further study in 1913,

continuing his researches in Vienna, Austria, and in 1914 studied in

Berlin, Germany. For twenty-five years he has led a most active and

successful business and professional life in Illinois and Washington,

making a specialty of the treatment of diseases of the eye, ear, nose

and throat. He has won for himself a most creditable position and is

regarded as an authority in the line of his specialty. He has had

the benefit of instruction from some of the most eminent physicians,

surgeons and specialists of the old world and his ability is attested

by his professional colleagues and contemporaries as well as by the

general public.

[Illustration: DR. JOHN W. SUMMERS]

Dr. Summers before removing to the west became interested in southern

timber and cotton lands, which he still retains. He also has

agricultural and horticultural lands in the Walla Walla valley. It is

said that his preferred recreation is to leave his office cares and

spend as many as fourteen hours per day on the farm or in the orchard,

for he is keenly interested in the development and improvement of

agricultural and horticultural interests. He was one of the organizers

and became a director and vice president of the People's State Bank in

1911, which official positions he still occupies.

On the 29th of September, 1897, in Sullivan, Illinois, Dr. Summers

was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Bosworth Burks, a daughter of

Christopher C. and Sarah E. Burks. Mrs. Summers was educated in the

Central Normal College at Danville, Indiana, and in the Northwestern

University at Evanston, Illinois, and is a lady of liberal culture

and innate refinement. Dr. and Mrs. Summers are the parents of four

children: Allingham Burks, Paul Dilwyn, Sarah Hope and Harriet Jean.