Walla Walla, Washington, to Miss Roselle M. Carpenter, a daughter
of G. W. and Mary A. Carpenter, the former a druggist of Waitsburg,
Washington. Mrs. Weatherford was born in Olympia, Washington, and
acquired her education in the public schools of this state and in
the Washington State College at Pullman. Her mother is one of the
descendants of John Quincy Adams. To Mr. and Mrs. Weatherford has been
born a daughter, Marybelle. Mr. Weatherford supports the Congregational
church and he gives his political allegiance to the democratic party.
He has membership with the Knights of Pythias and with the Masons
and in his life exemplifies the beneficent spirit upon which these
organizations are founded. He is likewise connected with the Dayton
Commercial Club and he stands for progress and improvement, advocating
all those interests which have to do with the welfare and upbuilding of
the city in which he makes his home. He has always lived in Washington
and the spirit of western enterprise has found expression in his life.
There has been nothing spectacular in his career but his course has
been marked by that steady advancement which follows persistent and
earnest effort, and his substantial traits of character have won for
him the kindly regard and goodwill of his associates in both business
and social life.
MARTIN CAMPBELL.
No history can surpass in picturesque detail the life record of Martin
Campbell, who as prospector and miner is familiar with the development
of the Fraser river country and who as farmer and miller has been
closely associated with the progress and upbuilding of Walla Walla
county. He is now living retired, enjoying a rest which he has truly
earned and richly deserves. He has passed the eighty-fourth milestone
on life's journey, his birth having occurred in Flemington, New Jersey,
February 13, 1833, his parents being Daniel and Charlotte Campbell, who
were also natives of New Jersey, the town of Campbellsville in that
state being named after the paternal grandfather, Martin Campbell. His
father was miller by trade and for several years operated a mill on the
Riarton river. Both he and his wife spent their entire lives in New
Jersey.
[Illustration: MARTIN CAMPBELL]
[Illustration: MRS. MARTIN CAMPBELL]
Martin Campbell was reared under the parental roof and pursued his
education in one of the old-time subscription schools of that early
period. When but seventeen years of age he went to sea and on the
vessel on which he shipped was the captain's wife and little daughter.
Shortly after they sailed away the little girl fell overboard and
Mr. Campbell jumped in and rescued her. He was then taken out of the
forecastle and given a berth in the cabin, while the captain's wife
made it her duty and pleasure to look after his education and to her
he owes much of his early intellectual development. In 1856, after
sailing round Cape Horn, he landed at San Francisco and made his
way up through the Puget Sound country. He began work in the mills
of the Fort Gamble Lumber Company and in 1858 was attacked by the
mining fever, which it is said some time or other gets everyone who
resides in the vicinity of a developing mining district. Accordingly
he went to Victoria, British Columbia, where he fell in with some of
the clerks of the Hudson's Bay Company and through them he learned of
the gold dust that was being brought down from the Fraser river. The
Indians had scratched the gold out with sticks and brought it to the
Hudson's Bay Company. Although forbidden by Governor Douglas of British
Columbia, Mr. Campbell raised a company and began prospecting for gold
up the river, returning that fall. In the spring of 1860 he made an
overland trip to the Similikameen country in British Columbia and while
crossing the mountains lived on rice and sugar. There is scarcely an
experience which comes to the prospector and the miner with which he
is not familiar. He met all of the hardships and privations incident
to such a life and, like many another, he did not gain the fortune for
which he was striving in that way, although in later years he made
for himself a most substantial place in business circles. In the fall
of 1860 he crossed the border into Washington and spent the winter at
Fort Colville. In the following spring he engaged in prospecting on the
Pend Oreille river and later engaged in prospecting and mining on the
Columbia river, thus spending his time until 1863.
In that year Mr. Campbell came to Walla Walla county and through the
following two years was variously employed. In 1865 he turned his
attention to farming, making a specialty of the raising of wheat, which
he hauled to Wallula, selling it for from thirty-five to fifty-five
cents per bushel. He was afterward a member of the firm of Coyle &
Campbell, millers, and for several years, engaged successfully in the
milling business in Walla Walla. In recent years he has disposed of
his farm holdings but still owns various city properties, from which
he derives a very gratifying annual income. His investments have been
judiciously made and his sound judgment is manifest therein.
In 1869 Mr. Campbell was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Ernest,
who came to Walla Walla county from Iowa in 1862. They are well known
as a most honored pioneer couple of the northwest. The experiences
which have fallen to the lot of Mr. Campbell would rival any tale
of fiction and he can speak with authority concerning the phases of
development and progress in this entire section of the country. He
came here when the red man largely held dominion over the northwest,
regarding its great forests as his hunting ground and its streams as
his especial place for fishing. But the country, rich in its natural
resources, beckoned the progressive man of the east--the man who is
not afraid to face danger, hardships and privations in order to aid
in reclaiming this great region for the purposes of civilization. To
this class belongs Mr. Campbell and the work which he has done in
the development and upbuilding of the west entitles him to more than
passing notice. He has left his impress upon the work of progress and
improvement and his reminiscences concerning the early history of the
country are most interesting.
JOHN D. JONES.
John D. Jones is an important factor in the industrial circles of
southeastern Washington as he is president of the Self-Oiling Wheel &
Bearing Company of Walla Walla, many of whose products are manufactured
under patents which he has taken out. He was born in Wales, November
15, 1863, a son of Richard N. and Ellen Jones, who in 1881 emigrated
to Canada. For a year they resided in Montreal and then removed to
Minneapolis, Minnesota, where they have since made their home.
John D. Jones was educated in the public schools of his native country
and in the night schools of Minneapolis. When he accompanied his
parents to the United States at the age of nineteen years he entered
the shops of the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul Railroad. When fifteen
years old he had apprenticed himself to the machinist's trade in Wales
and during his residence in Montreal he worked in the shops of the
Grand Trunk Railway. While there he assisted in putting the first air
pump on an engine on the Grand Trunk system. For several years he was
connected with the Chicago, Milwaukee & St. Paul and the Minneapolis,
St. Paul & Sault Ste. Marie railways and was the first machinist to be
employed by the latter road in Minneapolis. In the fall of 1888 he came
to the Pacific northwest, entering the shops of the Oregon-Washington
Railway & Navigation Company at The Dalles, and later he worked at
various points along their system. On severing his connection with that
road he engaged in the butchering and restaurant business in La Grande,
Oregon, after which he went as far east as Marshalltown, Iowa, where
he was employed by the Iowa Central Railway. However, after his life
in the west he found the east too restricted and unenterprising and
again came west. He entered the shops of the Oregon-Washington Railway
& Navigation Company at Portland and was later transferred to the
Umatilla shops. In 1895 he left there and came to Walla Walla, where
he entered the employ of Gilbert Hunt. Subsequently he was appointed
master mechanic of the Washington & Columbia River Railroad under
Joseph McCabe and about that time was also appointed chief engineer of
the state penitentiary by Governor Meade, which appointment, however,
he refused to accept. He became superintendent of the Mill Creek
Railway and held that position during the time that its track was
changed from narrow gauge to standard gauge. In addition to his other
railroad experience he has at times served as an engineer and ran one
of the first narrow gauge engines that entered Walla Walla, it running
on the old Dr. Baker railway.
[Illustration: HOME OF MARTIN CAMPBELL]
In 1905 Mr. Jones went into business for himself, opening a machine
shop on South Second street, Walla Walla. He built up a large business
and also took out a number of patents and in 1914 he organized the
Self-Oiling Wheel & Bearing Company, which manufactures goods under his
patents. Up to the present time he holds about twenty-eight patents on
automobile parts and harvesting machinery. The plant of the company is
one of the best equipped in Washington and the employes are skilled
mechanics. The goods manufactured include farm machinery of all kinds,
gas engine pistons and ring stocks, self-oiling devices for pulleys,
hay blocks and warehouse truck wheels. The company's most important
product is without doubt one of the most successful combined harvesters
ever built. This machine, which is manufactured under patents owned
by Mr. Jones, is capable of harvesting and sacking grain under four
cents per bushel and is so simple in its design that it can be operated
with only a third of the usual horse power. The great wheat country
of eastern Washington, of which Walla Walla is the center, affords an
unsurpassed market for improved farm implements and it is but natural
that the Self-Oiling Wheel & Bearing Company should have built up a
large trade, even within the few years of its existence. From the
organization of the concern Mr. Jones has served as its president and
has given his entire time and attention to looking after its interests.
To his thorough and practical knowledge of mechanics he adds executive
ability and keen business insight and is generally recognized as an
industrial leader.
In 1887 Mr. Jones was married to Miss Catherine L. Morris, of
Langollen, North Wales, and to them have been born three sons:
Griffith, who is athletic instructor in the high school at Pendleton,
Oregon; Wynne, superintendent of the foundry of his father's plant; and
Richard L., a student at Whitman College.
Mr. Jones belongs to Walla Walla Lodge, No. 7, F. & A. M., and to
Oriental Consistory, A. & A. S. R., of Spokane. He is also connected
with the Woodmen of the World and has many friends in fraternal
circles. Both he and his wife hold membership in the Christian Science
church and give their support to all good works. His career from the
time that he apprenticed himself to the machinists's trade has been one
of continual advancement, gained through his industry, determination
and sound judgement.
HENRY C. BAKER.
Prominent and important business interests have come under the
direction of Henry C. Baker, who is a leading figure in real estate
circles of Walla Walla and one of the best known orchardists of the
Pacific northwest. The spirit of western enterprise and progress has
ever found expression in his life. He was born in Portland, Oregon,
November 17, 1858, a son of Dr. Dorsey S. Baker, of whom extended
mention is made elsewhere in this work. He acquired his early education
in the schools of Walla Walla and in the Whitman Seminary and afterward
attended the high school at Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he spent two
years as a student. He then entered his father's bank and devoted two
years to that business, after which he went to Moscow, Idaho, where he
again engaged in the banking business. He is now president of the firm
of Baker & Baker, dealers in farm loans, and is also one of the owners
of the Baker-Langdon orchards, the greatest orchards on the coast.
He is likewise one of the stockholders of the Baker-Boyer Bank. In a
word, his business connections are of a most extensive and important
character and have been most wisely managed, so that splendid results
have accrued.
In 1887 Mr. Baker was united in marriage to Miss Clara E. Young, of
Oakland, Oregon, a daughter of E. G. and Martha (Barnett) Young, who
crossed the plains in an early day, settling in the Umpqua valley.
The father is still a resident of Oakland, Oregon, but the mother
has passed away. Mr. and Mrs. Baker have become the parents of one
daughter, Henrietta Lucile, who is a graduate of Whitman College and is
at home with her parents.
In his political views Mr. Baker is a stalwart republican, and while
never an office seeker, he has done everything in his power to advance
public interests both along the lines of political activity and
otherwise. In his business life he has been a persistent, resolute
and energetic worker, possessing strong executive powers and keeping
his hand steadily upon the helm of his business. He is strictly
conscientious in his dealings with debtor and creditor alike. Keenly
alive to the possibilities of every new avenue opened in the natural
ramifications of trade, he has passed over the pitfalls into which
unrestricted progressiveness is so frequently led and has been enabled
to focus his energies in directions where fruition is certain. If a pen
picture could accurately delineate his business characteristics, it
might be given in these words: a progressive spirit ruled by more than
ordinary intelligence and good judgment; a deep earnestness impelled
and fostered by indomitable perseverance; a native justice expressing
itself in correct principle and practice.
JOSEPH DAVIN.
Joseph Davin, of Walla Walla, is one of the foremost citizens of
Walla Walla county, owning in addition to a ten thousand acre sheep
ranch large tracts of excellent farming land, and the success which
he has gained seems doubly remarkable when contrasted with his
financial circumstances when he arrived in the United States a young
man of eighteen years. He was then empty-handed, but he believed that
opportunities were open to all in this country and was energetic and
determined to gain prosperity. He was born in France, March 1, 1856, a
son of Joseph Davin, an account of whose life appears in the sketch of
his son, S. V.
Joseph Davin of this review grew to manhood in his native country
and was indebted for his education to its public schools. In 1874 he
came to the United States and for eight years remained in California,
whence he came to Walla Walla county, Washington. For two years he
was employed as a sheep herder but at the end of that time was able
to buy a small flock of sheep, and has since engaged in ranching
on his own account. He now owns ten thousand acres devoted to the
raising of sheep and is one of the largest operators in that line of
activity in this part of Washington. He also owns another ranch of
fifteen hundred acres, eight hundred acres of wheat land and a stock
ranch of six hundred and forty acres, and likewise holds title to a
number of valuable properties in the city of Walla Walla. His business
interests include as well, a large block of stock in the mercantile
business conducted by Gardner & Company. He still gives careful
personal supervision to his extensive interests and ranks as one of the
capitalists of Walla Walla county.
Mr. Davin was married in 1892 to Miss Mary Ayraud, also a native of
France. To them have been born eight children: Alix, the wife of
Captain August Stemer, U. S. A.; Mary, at home; Sarah, the wife of
Peter Reno; Bertha, who is a graduate of the Walla Walla high school
and is at home; Anna; Ida; Joseph, Jr.; and Margaret.
Mr. Davin, although faithful in the discharge of the duties devolving
upon him as a citizen, has never had the time nor inclination to seek
office. His political views accord in the main with the principles of
the democratic party, and its candidates receive his support. He and
his wife both belong to the Catholic church and take a considerable
interest in the furtherance of its work. There are few men in Walla
Walla with a wider acquaintance than he, and his genuine worth is
indicated by the fact that those who have been most closely connected
with him hold him in the highest esteem.
CHARLES J. BROUGHTON.
Charles J. Broughton, a capitalist of Dayton, was born in Maryland,
September 7, 1854, a son of Elijah S. and Harriett A. (Buck) Broughton,
the former a native of Maryland, while the latter was born in Vermont.
Both passed away, however, in the state of Maryland. In their family
were four children, of whom three are yet living.
Charles J. Broughton was reared and educated in the state of his
nativity and started out in life on his own account when a youth of
seventeen years. He made his way westward to the Pacific coast and
acted as cook for a pack train for six months, working at a salary of
forty dollars per month. He afterward became clerk in a store and was
thus engaged for three years. In 1877 he purchased a pony and thus came
to Walla Walla. After reaching his destination he obtained a position
at Dayton in the employ of Alexander McDonald, who was proprietor
of a general store and with whom he remained for ten years. On the
expiration of that period he purchased a half interest in the business,
which he continued to carry on and develop for thirteen years, the firm
being known during that period as Fallbacher & Broughton. At the end of
that time he purchased the interest of his partner in the business and
thus became sole owner. He carried on the store for five years longer
and then sold the stock but is still owner of the store building. As
the years have passed and he has prospered in his undertakings he has
added to his holdings from time to time and he now owns over eight
thousand acres of wheat land in the northwest. He is also the president
of the Broughton Bank of Dayton, which was organized in 1909.
In 1890 Mr. Broughton was united in marriage to Miss Ina McCleary and
to them have been born eleven children: Mary, who is a graduate of
Smith College of Massachusetts; Charles; Hattie, who is now in college
in Massachusetts; E. Van, a high school pupil; Helen, also attending
high school; Francis; Ruth; James; Elizabeth; and two who have passed
away. Mrs. Broughton is a member of the Congregational church. Mr.
Broughton is a republican in his political views and for one term
served as county treasurer but has never been ambitious to hold office,
preferring to concentrate his efforts and attention upon his business
affairs, which have been wisely conducted and have brought to him a
substantial measure of success. His plans have always been carefully
formulated and promptly executed, and his sound judgment has been
manifest in his judicious investments, which have made him one of the
capitalists of his section of the state. Fraternally he is identified
with the Masons, belonging to the blue lodge and also to the commandery
at Walla Walla, in which he has filled some of the chairs.
MAX BAUMEISTER.
Max Baumeister was for many years a prominent figure in real estate,
insurance and loan circles in Walla Walla and belonged to that class
of men whose business enterprise and ability won them prominence and
success. His indefatigable energy, his marked strength of character and
his persistency of purpose featured largely in the attainment of the
handsome competence which he ultimately won. A native of Germany, he
was born on the 13th of March, 1840, a son of Dr. Ernest Baumeister,
who crossed the Atlantic to the new world with his family when his son
Max was a youth of fourteen years. At the time of the Civil war he
responded to the call of his adopted country for military aid and was
killed on the field of battle, his remains being laid to rest in the
National cemetery at Arlington.
Max Baumeister spent the first fourteen years of his life in his native
country and during that period attended the public schools after
reaching the age of six years. He then left Germany for the United
States in company with his parents, the family home being established
in New York city, where he remained until after he had attained his
majority. It was in 1859 that he came to the Pacific northwest by way
of the Panama route to California, and after residing in that state
for two years he returned to New York and thence made his way to
Europe, where he traveled extensively. At a later period, however, he
once more went to San Francisco and in 1862 established his home at
Portland, Oregon, where he remained for a brief period and then removed
to Walla Walla, coming up the river by boat to Wallula and thence
walking across the country with Henry Ankeny. At that early day there
was but little employment to be had and in order to provide for his own
support he opened a barber shop after he had worked for a time in other
connections. He had but fifteen dollars when he reached Walla Walla.
He was of a saving disposition and was a hard worker. He understood
but little English at the time of his arrival and thus encountered
some difficulties owing to lack of knowledge of the language. However,
he was quick to learn and he made the best possible use of his
opportunities. He often worked from three o'clock in the morning until
nine o'clock at night and on Saturdays until midnight. At 3:00 A. M. he
would rise to heat water for the miners' baths. For a time he acted as
hired man but after three months he bought out his employer and thus
began laying the foundation of his later success. He conducted his
barber shop until about 1882, after which he engaged for a little time
in merchandising and later established himself in the real estate, loan
and insurance business. He also engaged in farming quite extensively.
He readily recognized and utilized opportunities and such were ever to
him the call to action, to which he made immediate response. He was
prominently identified with real estate, loan and insurance interests
up to the time of his demise, which occurred February 3, 1909, and
through all these years he occupied a prominent position in business
circles because of the enterprise which he displayed, by reason of his
initiative and also owing to his thorough reliability.
In Walla Walla, in 1864, Mr. Baumeister was united in marriage to Miss
Anna Hauer, who passed away in 1879. The following year Mr. Baumeister
was again married, his second union being celebrated on Long Island,
Miss Alvine Schweiker becoming his wife. They had been acquainted
during the period of Mr. Baumeister's residence in New York, when his
wife was but a little girl, and after returning to New York he renewed
his acquaintance with his former friend and they were married, after
which he brought his bride to Walla Walla. They became the parents of
six children: Charlotte Anna, the wife of B. F. Thompson, of Walla
Walla; Alvin Garfield, living in Walla Walla; Max E., who is engaged in
trout growing at Stevenson, Washington; Olga S., the wife of Clifton
N. Draper, of Schenectady, New York; Werner W., who is a student in
Whitman College; and Karl Edward, who is attending high school.
The old home of the family was on Alder street. As the years passed
on Mr. Baumeister made extensive investments in property and acquired
between five and six thousand acres of wheat land in Garfield county.
He afterward disposed of that and purchased a farm of several hundred
acres now just outside the city limits of Walla Walla. In 1900 he
erected thereon the present beautiful home of Mrs. Baumeister, which
has since been occupied by the family. The house, spacious, modern and
attractive in style of architecture, is surrounded by thirteen acres of
ground laid out in beautiful lawns shaded by fine trees and with well
planned drives.