identified with the Masons, belonging to Waitsburg Lodge, No. 16, F.
& A. M., and Dayton Chapter, R. A. M. Mr. Hales and his family are
members of the Methodist Episcopal church. He is much interested in
its work and generous in its support. He stands at all times for those
things which are a matter of benefit to the individual and to the
community at large and his influence is always on the side of progress,
justice, truth and right. His career has been notably successful. It
is true that something came to him through inheritance; on the other
hand, it is true that necessity is the spur of ambition and industry,
and there are too many cases where inheritance has seemed to enfeeble
effort rather than to call forth the most persistent purpose. Mr.
Hales, however, nobly met the tasks that developed upon him at his
father's death and in the conduct of business interests was and is
always looking for opportunities to advance. His course has been marked
by a steady progression and each forward step has brought him a broader
outlook and wider opportunities, which he has eagerly, promptly and
rightfully utilized. Moreover, his business affairs have always been
of a character that have contributed to public progress as well as to
individual success and through the management of his extensive sheep
interests he has done much to further prosperity in Walla Walla county.
HARVEY B. BATEMAN.
Among the honored early settlers of Old Walla Walla county was Harvey
B. Bateman, who took an active part in the development of this region,
especially along agricultural lines. He was born in Illinois on the
10th of November, 1833, and in early manhood crossed the plains,
enduring all the hardships and dangers of such a journey. On reaching
Washington he bought a farm near Waitsburg and continued to reside
thereon up to the time of his death, his time and attention being
devoted to farming.
In 1876 Mr. Bateman was united in marriage to Miss Susan Thomas, a
native of Missouri and a daughter of T. T. and Nancy (Curl) Thomas, who
in 1851 left their home in the Mississippi valley and after crossing
mountains and desert finally reached Linn county, Oregon, where the
father took up a donation claim. He built thereon a log cabin with
a clapboard roof and stick chimney and in this frontier home the
family lived in true pioneer style. He became one of the prominent and
influential citizens of his community and was called upon to represent
his district in the state legislature for two terms. Later he went to
Alaska, where his death occurred. His wife died in Washington. In their
family were ten children, of whom five are still living.
To Mr. and Mrs. Bateman were born twelve children, but Mida, the
wife of J. O. Windust, and four others are deceased. Those living
are: Mary, the wife of Andrew Gregg of Oakesdale, Washington; Nancy,
the wife of Wesley Star; John M.; James S.; Dollie, the wife of Fred
Porter; Katherine, the wife of W. F. Hawks; and Wilber, who is now
operating the homestead farm, comprising three hundred acres. The place
is well improved with good and substantial buildings and still belongs
to Mrs. Bateman.
Mr. Bateman was a faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church, to
which his widow also belongs, and his earnest Christian life won for
him the confidence and high regard of all with whom he came in contact
either in business or social life. He passed away in 1904 and was laid
to rest in the Waitsburg cemetery. Mrs. Bateman has not only reared her
own family but has also cared for five grandchildren, which she has
educated as well. Her life has been a busy and useful one and she well
merits the high esteem in which she is uniformly held.
WILLIAM E. CAHILL.
William E. Cahill, who is engaged in the abstract and general loan
business in Dayton, was born in Green Lake county, Wisconsin, on the
18th of January, 1862, his parents being William R. and Angeline C.
(Church) Cahill, both of whom were natives of the state of New York,
but in early life removed with their respective parents to Wisconsin,
where they reached man and womanhood. It was there that William R.
Cahill and Angeline C. Church were married, after which they located
upon a farm, Mr. Cahill devoting his attention to the development
and improvement of that place until after the outbreak of the Civil
war, when he responded to the country's call for troops, enlisting
in the Union army in the fall of 1861. He served for three years and
participated in many hotly contested engagements. On one occasion he
was carrying on his back from the field a wounded man when a shell
burst near them and cut the man squarely in two and threw Mr. Cahill a
distance of seventy-five feet, the concussion being so great that it
burst both ear drums and partially paralyzed him, making him a physical
wreck through the following years of his life. He passed away in 1890.
In 1878 he had removed with his family to Columbia county, Washington,
arriving in Dayton on the 4th of May of that year. He took up his abode
upon a farm near Dayton, where he resided until about a year prior to
his death, when he established his home in the city of Dayton. His
widow still survives and now resides with her son, A. P. Cahill.
William E. Cahill spent the first sixteen years of his life in his
native state and during that period acquired a common school education
in Wisconsin. In 1878 he accompanied his parents to Washington and
subsequently became a student in the Dayton high school. At the age
of nineteen years he started upon his business career in a humble
capacity, being employed to wheel sawdust from under the saw in a
sawmill in the mountains near Dayton. Thirty days later he was promoted
to the position of driving a bull team of five yoke of bulls at the
sawmill. For three months during this summer he lived on red beans
and sour dough bread and he carried fifty cents in his pocket for
that entire period without having occasion to spend it. During the
following winter he attended the Dayton high school and subsequently he
took up the profession of teaching, which he followed for two years.
During this time he saved enough money to pay his tuition in the
Portland Business College, where he became a student. After completing
his course in that institution he once more returned to Dayton and
on the 4th of May, 1884, he accepted a clerkship in the mercantile
house of M. Hexter, by whom he was employed for seven years, his long
retention in that position indicating most clearly his fidelity,
capability and trustworthiness. He resigned his position on the 4th
of May, 1891, and opened a set of abstract books, since which time he
has been engaged in the abstract and insurance business, also handling
mortgage loans and acting as agent for various clients. He has built up
a business of extensive proportions and derives therefrom a gratifying
annual income. He was also one of the organizers of the Broughton
National Bank and became a member of the board of directors, in which
capacity he is still serving. He has from time to time made extensive
investments in farm lands and is now the owner of farm property
comprising two thousand acres eight miles east of Dayton.
Fraternally Mr. Cahill is connected with Columbia Lodge, No. 26, F. &
A. M., of Dayton, and with Dayton Lodge, No. 3, K. P. He is loyal to
the teachings and purposes of those organizations and enjoys the high
regard of his brethren. Dayton numbers him among its foremost citizens
and he is progressive in every movement that looks to the advancement
of the city and the upbuilding of its interests. There is no movement
for the public good which seeks his aid in vain, but he never has been
imbued with political ambition and prefers to do his public service
as a private citizen. He has been an interested witness of the growth
and development of this section of the state since pioneer times and
has been a contributing factor to the work that has been accomplished
in the way of promoting public improvement. Each forward step in his
career has brought him a wider outlook and broader opportunities and
his entire record has been marked by an orderly progression that has
brought substantial results.
HON. MILES CONWAY MOORE.
Honored and respected by all, there is no man who occupies a more
enviable position in public regard in Walla Walla than does Hon. Miles
Conway Moore, the last territorial governor of Washington and now a
prominent figure in banking circles. His high position in the regard
of his fellowmen is due not to the success which he has achieved but
to the straightforward, honorable purpose which he has ever followed.
He has made wise use of his time, his talents and his opportunities
and in laboring to promote his individual interests has also advanced
the welfare and progress of city and state at large. He is now the
president of the Baker-Boyer National Bank.
[Illustration: HON. MILES CONWAY MOORE]
Mr. Moore was born in Muskingum county, Ohio, April 17, 1845. His
father, Amos L. Moore, was a native of Delaware, while his mother
belonged to the Monroe family of which President James Monroe was
a representative--one of the oldest and most prominent families of
Virginia. At the age of twelve years Miles C. Moore accompanied his
parents on their removal from Ohio to Wisconsin and he was educated in
the Methodist Episcopal Institute at Point Bluff, Wisconsin. In 1863 he
came to Walla Walla, then a youth of but eighteen years, and was first
employed as a clerk in the store of Kyger & Reese. The following year
he embarked in business on his own account in Blackfoot City, a mining
town in Montana, but in the fall of 1866 he returned to Walla Walla
and entered into partnership in the conduct of a store under the firm
style of H. E. Johnson & Company. In 1869 he opened a general store as
a member of the firm of Paine Brothers & Moore. This establishment was
later converted into an agricultural implement business, which was the
first of the kind in eastern Washington.
In 1877 Mr. Moore became associated with his father-in-law, Dr. D.
S. Baker, in the grain business, buying extensively for those early
days. They loaded three ships at Astoria with the first wheat brought
from the interior of the state and continued in the wheat business
until 1879. The partnership, however, was maintained until the
death of Dr. Baker in 1888, at which time Mr. Moore was made one of
the administrators of the estate. Together they built six miles of
railroad up Mill creek in order to bring down timber and wood from the
mountains. After Dr. Baker retired from the grain business Mr. Moore
formed a partnership with his brother Charles and continued along that
line until the death of his brother in 1888. They bought grain in the
Palouse district and along Snake river. Our subject afterward devoted
several years to public affairs and in 1889 was chosen territorial
governor of Washington, which office he most ably filled. He was
interested in the Baker & Boyer Bank, which was the first private bank
established in this state, being organized in 1869 and made a national
bank in 1889. Mr. Moore became a stockholder and the vice president,
remaining in that position until the death of Mr. Boyer in 1898,
when he succeeded to the presidency and still remains at the head of
the institution, discharging his duties with marked capability. He
possesses notable executive force and his administrative direction has
been characterized by a recognition of all the different phases of
the business and its opportunities. He was likewise a stockholder in
the First National Bank of Walla Walla and is extensively interested
in real estate in various parts of Washington, Oregon and Idaho. His
investments have been most judiciously made and have brought to him a
very gratifying financial return.
In Walla Walla, in March, 1873, Mr. Moore was married to Miss Mary E.
Baker, a daughter of Dr. D. S. Baker, who was born in Portland, Oregon.
They are the parents of three children: Frank A., a resident of Walla
Walla; Walter B., deceased; and Robert L., also of Walla Walla. Mrs.
Moore died in 1904 at Oakland, California, where she had gone with the
hope of benefiting her health. In 1884 Mr. Moore purchased property
and erected the residence which has since been his home and where his
children grew up.
Governor Moore early came to a recognition of the duties and
obligations as well as of the privileges of citizenship and has been
a leading factor in promoting political progress and in advancing the
interests of his community and the commonwealth along many lines. In
1877 he was elected mayor of Walla Walla and in 1889 was appointed
governor, serving in that important position at the time when the
territory was merging into statehood. The duties which devolved
upon him in this connection were of a most delicate and important
character, but were discharged with credit and honor to himself and to
the satisfaction of the people at large. No plan or movement for the
benefit of the city along lines of progress and improvement seeks his
aid in vain. The public work that he has done has largely been of a
nature that has brought no pecuniary reward and yet has made extensive
demand upon his time, his thought and his energy. Opportunities that
others have passed by heedlessly he has noted and improved to the
betterment of the city and the state in many ways. He is extremely
modest and unostentatious in manner and all who know him speak of him
in terms of praise. In his life are the elements of greatness because
of the use he has made of his talents and his opportunities, because
his thoughts are not self-centered but are given to the mastery of
life's problems and the fulfillment of his duty as a man in his
relations to his fellowman and as citizen in his relations to his city,
state and country.
J. C. LEWIS
J. C. Lewis, who has resided in the Pacific northwest for more than
seventy years, is one of the most honored residents of Dayton. His
birth occurred in Kentucky, February 1, 1842, but when he was two years
old he was taken by his parents to Missouri, where the family home was
maintained for a year. In 1845 they removed to the Willamette valley,
the long trip across the plains being comparatively uneventful as
there was no trouble with the Indians and no serious shortage of food
or water. He grew to manhood in the Willamette valley and received
his education in its pioneer schools. He remained in Oregon until the
fall of 1869, when he came to Old Walla Walla county, Washington. The
following winter was spent on the site of the town of Dixie, which
was not platted until a number of years later, but in the fall of
1870 he took up a homestead in Columbia county eleven miles northeast
of Dayton. He devoted his time and attention to the cultivation of
his fields and the raising of stock and derived a gratifying annual
income from the sale of his farm products. In 1898, feeling that he
had accumulated a competence, he retired to Dayton, where he is still
living.
In 1864, in Oregon, Mr. Lewis was united in marriage to Miss Maria
Lapham, who in the spring of 1853, when seven years of age, accompanied
her parents and an elder sister on their removal from Michigan to the
Willamette valley. Not only was the trip across the plains long and
tedious, as the journey was made by ox team, but many misfortunes
overtook the train, which, captained by a Mr. Eliott, attempted to
reach the Willamette valley by a cut off route known as the "lost
trail." As the result of the many hardships of the journey Mrs. Lapham
died in eastern Oregon and the only coffin available was the wagon
box. Not long after this the party lost its way and all came very
nearly perishing of thirst. They were also attacked by Indians and
their cattle driven away and Mr. Lapham and his small daughters found
themselves alone and afoot in the Deschutes country. Leaving the two
little girls in camp with a little flour, the father set out in search
of the cattle, hoping to find at least a few. During his absence a
rescuing party found the girls and took them to the Willamette, Maria
riding behind the captain of the party down the Mackenzie river.
Mr. Laphan settled in Willamette valley and passed away in Dayton,
Washington in 1901 at the age of ninety years. The older daughter
died soon after reaching the family's destination but the younger, as
before stated, became the wife of Mr. Lewis and is still living in
Dayton. By her marriage she became the mother of six children, but only
two daughters are now living: Mrs. Wilson McBride and Mrs. John A.
McCauley, both of Columbia county.
[Illustration: MR. AND MRS. J. C. LEWIS]
Mr. Lewis is a strong advocate of republican principles and supports
the candidates of that party by his ballot. He served as county
commissioner from 1888 to 1892 and in 1906 was appointed to the
board to fill out eighteen months of an unexpired term. Practically
the entire story of the development of the northwest is a matter of
personal knowledge to him, for when he accompanied his parents to
Oregon the city of Portland had not been thought of and there were
no settlements in the valley with the exception of Oregon City and a
trading post at Salem. He has taken great pleasure in watching the
marvelous changes that have since occurred and is confident that
a still greater future is in store for this section. At all times
his attitude has been that of a public-spirited citizen willing to
subordinate private interests to the general good and performing
faithfully all the duties devolving upon him. Both he and his wife have
hosts of friends in Dayton and throughout Columbia county, and the
leisure which they are enjoying is well merited.
LAWRENCE O. McINROE.
Lawrence O. McInroe is the owner of one of the well improved farms of
Walla Walla county, his place being situated on section 34, township
8 north, range 36 east, where he has four hundred and forty-two acres
of rich and valuable land. He is one of the native sons of the county,
his birth having occurred within its borders December 29, 1874. His
parents were James and Cordelia (Nelson) McInroe, the former a native
of the state of New York, while the latter was born in Iowa, where
their marriage was celebrated. The father crossed the plains in the
year 1852, assisting Mr. Sharpstein in bringing a herd of horses across
the country. He remained for some time but afterward returned to Iowa
and it was subsequent to that event that he was married. The spell of
the west, however, was upon him and soon after his marriage he brought
his bride to Walla Walla county. Here he took up a homestead and later
he purchased more land, becoming actively and prominently identified
with agricultural interests. Adding to his possessions from time to
time, he was at his death the owner of eight hundred and eighty acres
of valuable wheat land and was numbered among the prosperous farmers of
this section of the state. Both he and his wife died in this county.
In their family were but two sons, the younger being Frank, who now
resides southeast of Walla Walla.
Lawrence O. McInroe was reared and educated in the county where he
still resides, supplementing his public school course by study in a
business college. After attaining his majority he began farming on
his own account on the land which he now owns. He had been reared
to the occupation of farming and had early become familiar with the
best methods of tilling the soil and caring for the crops. He has
always kept in close touch with the trend of modern progress along
agricultural lines and his valuable farm property of four hundred and
forty-two acres indicates his careful supervision and his progressive
methods. He has added splendid buildings to his place and all modern
equipments and improvements. He makes a specialty of raising wheat,
to which the soil is splendidly adapted, and he is also successfully
engaged in stock raising, keeping high grade cattle, horses and hogs
upon his farm.
In 1902 Mr. McInroe was united in marriage to Miss Zenna Buroker,
a native of Walla Walla county and a daughter of William and May
(Gallaher) Buroker. Mr. McInroe belongs to the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows and his wife is connected with the Rebekahs. He is also
a member of the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. His political
allegiance is given to the democratic party but he has never sought
nor desired office. He and his wife attend the Presbyterian church and
they are widely and favorably known in the community where they reside.
Since starting out in the business world he has made steady progress.
His industry and perseverance are among his salient characteristics
and upon these qualities he has builded his success. He is not only
progressive in all that he undertakes but is thoroughly reliable and
his business integrity stands as an unquestioned fact in his career.
SAMUEL WALTERS.
Samuel Walters, a well known merchant and assistant postmaster of
Starbuck, Washington, was born in Australia on the 24th of May, 1869,
his parents being John T. and Elizabeth (Neil) Walters. His father was
a native of Pennsylvania but in 1853 went to Australia, where he was
married, the mother being of Scotch descent but born in Australia.
They continued to reside in that country until 1871 when they came to
the United States and took up their abode in Iowa, where they made
their home for nine years. In 1880 they arrived in Walla Walla county,
Washington, but after living here for about three years removed to
Whitman county and later to Stevens county, where their last days were
passed. To them were born eight children and six of the number still
survive.
Samuel Walters was only two years of age when his father returned to
America, bringing with him his family, and the son was principally
educated in the common and high schools of Whitman county, Washington.
After putting aside his textbooks he entered the service of a railroad
company and continued in that line of work for six years. In 1910 he
came to Starbuck and has since engaged in mercantile pursuits, carrying
on business under the name of the Starbuck Trading Company, of which he
is secretary and treasurer. He is a progressive, energetic business man
of sound judgment and keen discrimination.
Mr. Walters was married in 1908 to Miss Alberta Gerking, of Waitsburg,
Washington, and to them has been born a daughter, Elizabeth. Mrs.
Walters is a member of the Episcopal church, and Mr. Walters is
identified with the Woodmen of the World and the Masonic fraternity,
holding membership in Lodge No. 106, A. F. & A. M., in which he has
filled all the chairs. The democratic party finds in him a stanch
supporter of its principles and he is now serving as chairman of his
precinct. For the past five years he has served as city treasurer of
Starbuck and is also filling the position of assistant postmaster. No
trust reposed in him has ever been betrayed in the slightest degree and
he well merits the confidence of his fellow citizens.
JOHN BLESSINGER.