to William Parkhurst Winans, who was an octogenarian at the time of
his demise. He had long been identified with the northwest and his
life was one of great usefulness and activity. He was of Holland
ancestry, descended from an ancient family belonging to the Holland
nobility. The ancestral line is traced back to Jean Winants, who was a
lawyer at Antwerp, living in 1580. The line comes down through Goswin
Wynants, who was born March 22, 1630, and was pensionary adviser for
the province of Limbourg in 1666 and was afterward a member of the high
council of Brabant by letter patent April 16, 1668. Goswin Arnould,
Comte de Wynants, was born July 20, 1661, was a member of the council
of Brabant by letters patent August 20, 1692, and in 1716 became a
member of the council of the privy council.

The following year he was called to Vienna as president of the supreme
council of the affairs of the Lowlands. He was created a viscomte
by letters patent December 24, 1721, then comte by letters patent
September 23, 1727. He passed away in Vienna, March 8, 1732. He had
married Catherine Christine Van-den-Broeck, who was born September 23,
1667, and died December 19, 1746. Ten children were born to them. The
coat of arms is described as follows:

"On a field argent, three bunches of grapes; a chevron azure,
surmounted by a cheif gules. A helmet with a mantle azure and gules,
and the crest, a Moor holding a bunch of grapes." The motto--"Fors
Non Mutat Genus," the liberal translation of which is "Fortune cannot
change the race."

When the Dutch colonized the new world in the beginning of the
seventeenth century, their descendants modified their name, adapting it
to the English orthography and pronunciation--Winans.

John Winans, of Elizabethtown, New Jersey, born in Holland, 1617, was
married in 1664 to Susanna Melyn. He was one of the eighty "associates"
who bought land from the Indians. He died in December, 1694, and his
will is now on file with the secretary of state at Trenton, New
Jersey. His wife was Susanna, daughter of Cornelius Melyn, the famous
patron of Staten Island, who led the popular party against Stuyvesant,
"central figure of his day." In 1640, Cornelius Melyn had a grant of
all of Staten Island.

The records show nine children born to John and Susanna Winans; and
Isaac, the youngest, 1684-1723, was the direct ancestor of the Winans
family as represented in Walla Walla. To him and his wife, Hannah, were
born six children: Hannah, Phebe, Isaac, Abraham, William and Elias.

The third of this family, Isaac Winans, was born in 1710 and died in
1780. He served as a member of the committee of safety during the
Revolutionary war and for loyalty to the colonies was taken prisoner
by the British and died from cruelties in the Sugar House in New York.
He was married twice and the children of Isaac and Margaret Winans
were Isaac, Mathias and Abigal. To him and his second wife, Magdalene
Winans, there were born five children, namely: Jane, Margaret, Moses,
Susanna and Elizabeth.

The sixth member of the family whose record has just been given was
Moses Winans, who was born November 9, 1753, and who departed this life
January 28, 1822. He served during the Revolutionary war in Captain
Squire's company of the Essex County Militia. His wife, Ruth, was born
August 5, 1758, and died January 26, 1817. They were the parents of
eight children.

The youngest one of these children was Jonas Wood Winans, who was born
January 19, 1802, and died October 1, 1878. He married Sarah Stiles
and they became the parents of William Parkhurst Winans, whose name
introduces this review. It was on the 20th of December, 1827, that
Jonas W. Winans wedded Sarah Stiles, who was born July 23, 1806, and
who departed this life January 8, 1858. They had a family of eight
children. Isaac, the eldest, was born October 20, 1828, was married
December 20, 1851, to Sarah Webster and died August 31, 1907. Ebenezer
Connett, born May 5, 1830, was married October 29, 1857, to Margaret
B. Rose. Meline was born February 15, 1833, and died January 12, 1845.
William Parkhurst was the next of the family. Sarah Jane, the fifth
child, was born July 7, 1839, and on the 30th of November, 1866, became
the wife of Augustus Dow. Her death occurred May 17, 1870. Jonas Wood,
who was born November 11, 1840, was married September 13, 1876, to
Alice E. Jones and died September 2, 1899. Elizabeth Magdaline, born
June 3, 1843, became the wife of William A. Hubbard, and died March
21, 1895. Mary Stiles, born January 23, 1846, was married January 31,
1877, to Dorus E. Bates, who died August 15, 1880, and on the 25th of
February, 1896, she became the wife of Augustus Dow.

William P. Winans lived to reach the age of eighty-one years and the
long period was one of great usefulness and activity, characterized
by rapid and substantial advance in business and by devotion to the
general good. He was born in Elizabeth, New Jersey, on the 28th of
January, 1836, and was a little lad of ten years when his parents
removed with their family to Pittsfield, Illinois, where he continued
his education in the public schools. He had started on a business
career in that state when ill health caused him to cross the plains.
In his early boyhood he had worked on his father's farm and at the age
of eighteen had become a clerk in a store, being thus employed through
the succeeding five years. At the doctor's orders, however, he was
forced to "get outdoors" and, attracted by the Pike's Peak excitement,
he joined three companions, and with a prairie schooner and four yoke
of oxen they started for Colorado. When within ten days of their
destination they met a party of miners who were returning home and who
had had an encounter with the Indians, some of them being wounded. The
next day they met scores of other wagons with their owners retracing
their steps and in one day passed over seven hundred wagons eastward
bound. All told the same story--that it was not a poor man's district,
for the gold was in quartz formation instead of being placer gold. One
night when Mr. Winans and his companions camped he noticed that the
wagon was headed east instead of west.

The next morning his partners, who were older than he, told him
that they had decided to return, but Mr. Winans refused to go back,
whereupon his companions unyoked his two oxen, turned them loose, put
his blankets and his share of the provisions by the side of the road
and left him. Next day, at noon, a wagon westward bound halted and the
driver asked Mr. Winans why he was camped there and which way he was
headed. Mr. Winans replied "westward." He joined forces with this man
and eventually they reached Cherry creek, now the city of Denver, then
containing about six or seven houses. One day a man by the name of
George Grimes, who had previously lived in Oregon, said: "I am through
here. I am going to Oregon. Do any of you fellows want to go along?"
Mr. Winans responded, "I'll go," and selling his oxen, he bought a good
saddle and two horses, one for a pack horse and the other for a riding
horse. One plan which the party pursued on their way westward was to
camp at night, build a fire, get supper and then move on in the dark
for a mile and camp, so the Indians would not surprise them, learning
of their whereabouts by means of the fire. At length Mr. Winans arrived
in Oregon in September, 1859, and located on the Umatilla river,
stacking the first grain in that vicinity. He also taught school in
Umatilla county in the winter of 1860-61 and he served as a clerk of
the first election in Oregon, which was held in 1860, the year in
which Lincoln was elected president. In July, 1861, he removed to Fort
Colville, Washington, and upon the organization of Spokane county was
appointed deputy county auditor.

The next year he was elected to the position of auditor, in which
capacity he served for two terms. He was afterwards appointed clerk for
the United States district court for the district comprising Spokane
and Missoula counties under Judge E. P. Oliphant. At a later period
Mr. Winans engaged in merchandising and in 1866 he was again called to
office, being elected county superintendent of schools. He aided in
building the first schoolhouse north of the Snake river in a district
that was two hundred by four hundred miles, lying between the Cascades
and the Rockies and extending from Snake river to the Canadian border.
With all of the early events which aided in shaping the history and
developing the country he was closely associated. In 1867 he was called
upon to represent Stevens county in the territorial legislature,
serving during that and the succeeding year and again in 1871. In 1870
he was appointed sub-agent of the six non-treaty tribes of the Colville
country, thus having to do with a group of Indians who had refused
to make peace with the government. He took the part of the settlers
against a proposed change of boundary of the Indian reservation and
saved some valuable lands for the settlers--lands which they had been
using for years and which they had brought under a high state of
cultivation.

All during these years Mr. Winans was engaged in merchandising, but
in 1871 disposed of his commercial interests in Colville and removed
to Walla Walla, where he formed a partnership with Major R. R. Rees,
thus establishing and conducting the largest store in Walla Walla in
the early days. The business was originally carried on under the firm
style of Rees & Winans and afterward was Johnson, Rees & Winans. Mr.
Winans remained very active in the conduct of the business, which
was developed to extensive proportions, but in 1890 he withdrew from
mercantile interests and became president of the Farmers Savings Bank,
which had been organized in September, 1889. The bank was opened at
Second and Main streets, where it has since been located. In 1890 the
bank was in temporary quarters while the old building was torn down
and the new Rees-Winans building was erected. Mr. Winans remained
president of the bank and active in the management of its affairs until
his death. He was always found at his desk and seldom took a vacation.
His life was one of intense and well directed activity and he never
stopped short of the successful accomplishment of his purpose, while
at all times the methods which he followed were those which would bear
the closest investigation and scrutiny. He had extensive interests
other than his connection with the Farmers Savings Bank and for thirty
years he was one of the directors of the First National Bank of Walla
Walla. His activities were ever of a character that contributed to the
progress and prosperity of the community in which he lived as well as
to the advancement of his individual fortunes.

On the 6th of October, 1869, Mr. Winans was married to Miss Lida Moore
and to them were born three sons who are yet living, sketches of whom
follow this. Mrs. Winans passed away December 4, 1876, and on the 20th
of November, 1879, W. P. Winans was married to Miss Christine McRae,
who survives him. They were the parents of three children. William
Stiles Winans was born May 6, 1881, and died December 16, 1891. Freeman
Earl Winans was born February 19, 1883, and married Miss Florence Ladd,
November 23, 1908. He is department manager of the United States Rubber
Company at Seattle. He is also a member of various fraternal orders.
Sarah Jean Winans, born September 19, 1885, was married in 1909 to
Major George Leroy Converse, Jr., Fourth Cavalry, U. S. A. She is the
mother of two children, George Leroy IV and William Parkhurst Winans.

It was on Sunday, the 22d of April, 1917, that Mr. Winans passed away.
He had attended church on that day and in the afternoon went for an
auto trip to pick wild flowers, of which he was very fond. Death
called him suddenly, his illness lasting less than an hour, and the
news of his demise was received with the deepest regret because of the
prominent part which he had taken in the public life of the community
and by reason of the firm hold which he had upon the affection of his
fellow townsmen. He was a most public-spirited citizen, interested
in everything pertaining to general progress and improvement, and he
lived to witness the remarkable transformation of the county as it
emerged from pioneer conditions. The funeral services were held in
the Presbyterian church and his remains were interred in Mountain
View cemetery, the Knights Templar commandery attending in a body and
officiating at the interment. Resolutions of respect were passed by the
Farmers Savings Bank and the First National Bank, and memorial services
were afterward held in the Presbyterian church, in which speeches were
delivered paying high tribute to Mr. Winans as a citizen, as a business
man, as a Mason, as an educator and as a Christian. The children of the
Sunday school, remembering his love for wild flowers, gathered many
of the blossoms of the field to decorate his grave. Thus was ended a
life of much usefulness, in which Walla Walla benefited greatly as the
result of his public spirit and his devotion to high ideals.

GILBERT PARK WINANS.

Gilbert Park Winans, the eldest son of William P. Winans, was born
January 25, 1870, at Fort Colville, near Spokane, Washington, and when
quite young removed with the family to Walla Walla, where he pursued
his education. He was married in Vancouver, Washington, to Carrie
Duckett, a daughter of Henry Duckett and a descendant of an old English
family. They now have one child, Yancey Park. Gilbert P. Winans is a
merchant and is prominent in fraternal circles, holding membership with
the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Benevolent Protective
Order of Elks, being a past grand in the former, in which organization
he has filled all of the chairs of the local lodge.

PHILLIP MOORE WINANS.

Phillip Moore Winans is a prominent figure in banking circles of the
northwest, now occupying the position of cashier of the First National
Bank of Walla Walla. The story of his life is the story of thrift and
business sagacity grafted onto western energy and enterprise. It is
true that Mr. Winans did not have a humble origin or experience the
early privations of some men who have achieved success, but on the
other hand not one in a thousand who have enjoyed his modest advantages
have turned them to such excellent account. The wisdom, energy and
success with which he has pushed his way along is a study for American
youth. A native son of Walla Walla, he was born on the 10th of
December, 1874, his parents being William P. and Lida (Moore) Winans,
who are mentioned elsewhere in this work.

Reared under the parental roof, he acquired his early education in
the public schools of Walla Walla and afterward attended the Whitman
Academy and Whitman College, from which he received his Bachelor of
Arts degree as a member of the class of 1894. Following his graduation
he made his initial step in the business world in connection with
banking interests. He entered the Farmers Savings Bank of Walla Walla
in a clerical capacity and in March, 1895, he resigned his position
there to become connected with the First National Bank, with which he
has since been identified, covering a period of twenty-three years.
Advancing through the various positions of clerk, paying teller, and
assistant cashier, he became cashier in 1909 and has since occupied
that important position. The thoroughness of his training, his laudable
ambition and his keen sagacity have made him a most competent official
of the bank and one who has contributed in marked measure to its
growing success. His activity in this connection has not only made him
one of Walla Walla's representative business men, but also one who is
widely known in the banking circles of the northwest.

In 1899 Mr. Winans was united in marriage to Miss Rose M. Blalock, the
youngest daughter of Dr. N. G. Blalock, one of Walla Walla's early
pioneer settlers and a very prominent and gifted man of the northwest
country. Mrs. Winans passed away in November, 1914, and in February,
1916, Mr. Winans was again married, his second union being with Miss
Catherine V. Eppinger, of Portland, Oregon, a lady of culture and
refinement, who holds membership in the Women's Reading Club of Walla
Walla and takes a very active and helpful part in church and charitable
work.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Winans are members of the Presbyterian church.
Fraternally he is identified with the Masons and in his life
exemplifies the beneficent spirit of the craft. He holds membership
in Walla Walla Lodge, No. 7, F. & A. M.; Walla Walla Chapter, No. 1,
R. A. M.; and Walla Walla Lodge, No. 287, B. P. O. E., of which he is
a past exalted ruler. A prominent member of the Commercial Club, he
served as its vice president and one of its directors for five years.
He is also a member of the board of directors and is secretary and
treasurer of the Walla Walla Golf Club. He was one of the organizers
and has been a member of the executive board of the Associated Students
of Whitman College and has filled the position of treasurer of that
organization since it was formed. His political indorsement is given
to the republican party and while he keeps in touch with the current
of political thought and action he has never been an aspirant for
office. He ranks, however, with Walla Walla's foremost citizens and has
always been active in every movement for the promotion and upbuilding
of city and state. He has conducted important business affairs without
allowing personal ambition or interests to dwarf his public spirit
or activities. His personal characteristics and social qualities are
pronounced and he is an acceptable companion in any society in which
intelligence is a necessary attribute to congeniality. The simplicity
and beauty of his daily life as seen in his home and family relations
constitute an even balance to his splendid business ability.

ALLEN LIDA WINANS.

Allen Lida Winans, the youngest son of William P. Winans, was born
in Walla Walla, April 25, 1876, attended the common schools and was
graduated from Whitman College with the class of 1901. He is now with
the Hazelwood Company, Limited, of Walla Walla. Fraternally he is a
Knight Templar and Consistory Mason and is very prominent in the order,
in which he has held office. He is also identified with the Independent
Order of Odd Fellows.

ALPH PATRICK CAHILL.

Alph Patrick Cahill, manager and cashier of the Broughton National
Bank at Dayton, Columbia county, was born at Markesan, Green Lake
county, Wisconsin, October 7, 1859, a son of William R. and Angeline
C. (Church) Cahill. His paternal grandfather, Patrick Cahill, was born
in Dublin, Ireland, in 1800, while his maternal grandfather was one of
the pioneer preachers of western Pennsylvania. William R. Cahill, the
father, became one of the early settlers of the state of Wisconsin and
contributed in substantial measure to the pioneer development of Green
Lake county. At the time of the Civil war he responded to the country's
call to arms and went to the front in defense of the Union.

At the usual age Alph P. Cahill became a pupil in the public schools of
his native state, passing through consecutive grades until he completed
a high school course in Oshkosh, Wisconsin, in 1873. He then turned
his attention to the occupation of farming but afterward engaged in
merchandising and subsequently took up the milling business. Step by
step he progressed as the years went on and in 1909 he assisted in the
organization of the Broughton National Bank of Dayton, Columbia county,
Washington, and has since continued as its manager and cashier, largely
shaping the policy and directing the activities of the institution. He
has been most careful to safeguard the interests of stockholders and
depositors alike, while the progressive methods of the bank have ever
been tempered by a wise conservatism.

On the 2d of December, 1882, Mr. Cahill was united in marriage to
Miss Irene M. Starr, a native of Oregon. For his second wife he chose
Frankie G. King, a native of Columbia county, and a daughter of one
of the pioneers of this section, William B. King, who was an old-time
stage man, operating the Walla Walla-Lewiston stage and mail route in
the early days. The second marriage was celebrated April 14, 1915. Mr.
Cahill's children are: Roy R., who is a graduate of Whitman College
and also of the law school of Columbia University of New York and who
married Jessie M. Criffield, a daughter of W. R. Criffield, of Walla
Walla; Fred V., who is a graduate of Washington University and is now
engaged in mercantile business and who married Grace J. Crossler; May,
who is the wife of Frank G. Barclay, a Columbia county farmer; Patrick
E., who married Ethel Johnston and is a bookkeeper in the Broughton
National Bank; Mack, a graduate of the Newberg (Oregon) high school;
and Burr, who is at home.

Fraternally Mr. Cahill is connected with the Odd Fellows, the Knights
of Pythias and the Masonic orders, being a Royal Arch Mason. He has
always been an active worker in these different organizations and has
been presiding officer in each. In politics he has ever been a stalwart
republican since age conferred upon him the right of franchise and
from 1892 until 1896 he filled the position of county auditor, his
re-election being an acknowledgment of his excellent service during
his first term. He was county commissioner from 1910 until 1912 and
he has always been loyal to every cause and trust reposed in him. His
military record covers three years' service with the National Guard.
His fidelity to duty has never been called into question, whether in
behalf of the public or in the conduct of his business interests. There
is nothing spectacular in his career but his record is that of a busy
life, such as contributes to the substantial force of every community.

JOHN A. DAVIS.

At the time of his death John A. Davis was in excellent financial
circumstances and was recognized as a prominent farmer of Walla Walla
county but during the early days of his residence here he endured many
hardships and privations, the conditions being then those of a frontier
region. He was born in Owen county, Indiana, November 17, 1839, and was
a son of Willoughby and Mary (Orman) Davis, both natives of Tennessee.
However, they removed to Indiana at an early day and remained there
until 1848, when they went to Wapello county, Iowa, where the father
continued to follow agricultural pursuits until his death. There the
mother also passed away.

It was in Iowa that John A. Davis received his education and grew to
manhood. In 1863, following his marriage, he and his wife made the
seemingly never ending journey across the great plains to the Pacific
northwest by ox team. They settled on a homestead on Mill creek in
Walla Walla county, and their first residence was a log cabin covered
with a clapboard roof and with a stick chimney. At that time there were
but few settlers in this region and there were many inconveniences
to be endured, but the rich soil indicated that in time the country
would be well settled and highly developed, and the pioneers labored
with confidence in the future. After residing upon his homestead for
a time Mr. Davis purchased 550 acres of excellent land on the Oregon
state line and there made his home until his death. He made excellent
improvements upon the place and followed up-to-date methods in his work
with the result that his resources steadily increased.

Mr. Davis was married in Iowa to Miss Carolina Snoddy, a native of Clay
county, Indiana, and a daughter of James and Anna (Kendall) Snoddy,
the former native of Kentucky and the latter of Tennessee. The father
died in Indiana and the mother removed with her children to Iowa and
there spent her last years. To Mr. and Mrs. Davis were born fourteen
children, namely: John H., deceased; Margaret, the wife of Charles
Sweezy; James, deceased; Mary, the wife of William P. Reiser; Frank,
a farmer residing in Oregon; Laura, the wife of Fred Kaser; William
N.; Rosie, deceased; Estella, the wife of John Garvey; Clara, the wife
of H. Miller; Edna, at home; Nellie, deceased; Gertrude, the wife of
Raymond Reiser; and Elmer, who is married and living on the home farm.

[Illustration: JOHN A. DAVIS]

[Illustration: MRS. JOHN A. DAVIS]

Mr. Davis was not active in politics, as the management of his farming
interests left him little time for outside activities. He passed
away in 1907 and was laid to rest in Mountain View cemetery at Walla
Walla. He was an honored pioneer of the county, and his death was
deeply regretted by all who had come in close contact with him. His
salient qualities were determination, enterprise and industry, and
these enabled him to do his part in bringing about the agricultural
development of this section. Mrs. Davis gives her personal attention
to the leasing of the farm and to the management of all the business
affairs of the estate and is recognized as woman not only of excellent
judgment but a typical pioneer mother of whom her children and
grandchildren, in fact the entire community, justly feel proud.

ASEL HOYT BURNAP.

Asel Hoyt Burnap is a resident farmer of the Walla Walla valley, who
since 1911 has lived upon his present place, comprising thirty acres on
section 27, Hill township, Walla Walla county. Here he is engaged in
the live stock business and his land is largely devoted to the raising
of alfalfa. He was born in Barton county, Kansas, November 29, 1879,
a son of William D. and Mary (Hoyt) Burnap, who were natives of Ohio.
On leaving that state they became residents of Illinois in 1869 and
there remained until 1876, when they established their home in Barton
county, Kansas, where they continued to reside until 1881. In that
year they removed to Lamar, Missouri, where they remained until 1885,
when attracted by the opportunities of the northwest, they crossed
the plains in one of the old-time prairie schooners and established
their home in Wallowa county, Oregon. In 1893 they came to the Walla
Walla valley and settled upon a farm but at a subsequent period became
residents of La Grande, Oregon, where the father passed away. He was an
honored veteran of the Civil war and served from beginning to end with
the Seventh Missouri Cavalry, risking limb and life to win the cause
for the Union. The mother survives and is now living in Pendleton,
Oregon. Their family numbered seven children, five of whom are living.

Asel H. Burnap spent the period of his boyhood and youth largely in
Oregon, where he acquired a public school education when not busy with
work in the fields. He continued at home until he had attained his
majority, after which he engaged in the live stock business on his
own account. It was in 1911 that he purchased his present place of
thirty acres on section 27, township 7 north, range 33 east. Here he
has since resided and is extensively and successfully engaged in the
raising of alfalfa, which furnishes excellent food for his stock. There
is no finer tract to be found in the valley and Mr. Burnap is wisely
and successfully directing his business affairs, so that prosperity is
attending his labors. He is, moreover, the secretary and treasurer of
the West Side Hawley Irrigation Corporation. He has not only closely
studied the question of supplying water to the land but has taken up
every phase of the business and knows exactly what can be accomplished
in this section of the state along the line of profitable farming and
stock raising.

In 1905 Mr. Burnap was united in marriage to Miss Evalina Cummins and
to them have been born three children, Maud L., Leland G. and Melvina
A. The wife and mother is a member of the Congregational church and
Mr. Burnap holds membership in Trinity Lodge, No. 121, I. O. O. F.,
being a faithful follower of its principles. His political endorsement
is given to the republican party, which he has supported since age
conferred upon him the right of franchise. He is a progressive young
business man, alert and enterprising, and well deserves mention among
the substantial and worthy citizens of the Walla Walla valley.

J. C. WEATHERFORD.

One of the distinguished and honored citizens of Columbia county is J.
C. Weatherford, a successful agriculturist, making a specialty of stock
and wheat raising. He was born in this county on the 21st of May, 1882,
and is a son of F. M. Weatherford, whose sketch appears on another page
of this volume.

During his boyhood and youth J. C. Weatherford attended the common
schools and completed his education by a course at Armstrong Commercial
College, from which he was graduated. On putting aside his textbooks,
he turned his attention to farming and purchased a tract of land which
he has since operated with marked success. He is now the owner of five
hundred acres of very valuable and productive land, most of which is
devoted to wheat, and he gives considerable attention to the raising of
stock.

In 1910 Mr. Weatherford married Miss Fleta Ward, also a native of
Walla Walla county, and they have a little daughter, Antoinette,
who was born November 19, 1916. Mrs. Weatherford is a member of the
Episcopal church, and Mr. Weatherford's fraternal relations are with
the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the Knights of Pythias. The
democratic party has found in him a stanch supporter of its principles
and his fellow citizens recognizing his worth and ability elected
him state senator in 1912. For four years he filled that responsible
position with credit to himself and to the entire satisfaction of his
constituents. He has also served as school director and has done much
to promote the interests of his community along various lines.

F. A. JONAS.

An energetic and farsighted business man, F. A. Jonas is meeting with
a substantial measure of success as a member of the Perrine-Jonas
Company; general merchants and foremost business men of Waitsburg. He
was born in Lewiston, Idaho, on the 27th of October, 1865, and is a son
of Milton and Eliza (Gilman) Jonas, both of whom were natives of Iowa.
They were married, however, in Florence, Idaho, having removed to that
state in young manhood and womanhood. The father crossed the plains
with an ox team to California in 1860 and there engaged in gold mining
until the winter of 1861-2, when he removed to Walla Walla county,
Washington. He then turned his attention to farming and stock raising
and continued to make his home in Walla Walla county until 1875, when
he took up his abode in Columbia county, where he continued to devote
his energies to general agricultural pursuits throughout the remainder
of his active business life. He was very successful as a farmer and he
and his sons acquired between thirteen and fourteen hundred acres of
land. His business affairs were carefully managed and his investments
judiciously made, and as the result of his close application and
persistency of purpose he won a substantial measure of success. His
death occurred September 8, 1908, while his wife had passed away
September 16, 1906.

J. A. Jonas was reared upon the home farm and was educated in the
district schools. In 1888 he started upon his business career a horse
raiser and from that point gradually worked into farming, which he
carried on upon leased school and railroad land. In 1891 he purchased
six hundred acres of such land, but the widespread financial panic of
1893 swept away the profits of five years' work. His land, however,
was bought under contract and he was to hold that. In 1895 or 1896 he
had finished his payments upon the property and in 1905 he bought two
hundred and forty acres adjoining. In 1909 he disposed of his landed
holdings for fifty-four thousand dollars and in 1910 he purchased an
interest in the mercantile business of the J. N. Gravelle Company
of Waitsburg, at which time the style of the firm was changed to
the Gravelle-Jonas Company. In 1911, L. R. Perrine purchased Mr.
Gravelle's interest in the business and the present firm, known as the
Perrine-Jonas Company, thus came into existence. They conduct a general
mercantile business and are ranked among the leading firms in this line
in Walla Walla county, carrying a fine stock of goods, while their
reasonable prices, honorable dealing and earnest desire to please their
patrons have secured to them a very gratifying trade.

On the 1st of January, 1888, Mr. Jonas was joined in wedlock to Miss
Mary A. Kinder, of Waitsburg, by whom he has three children, namely:
Beulah I., May I. and Ethel. Mr. Jonas gives his political allegiance
to the republican party, while fraternally he is identified with the
Masons, belonging to Waitsburg Lodge, No. 16, F. & A. M.; Dayton
Chapter, No. 5, R. A. M.; Walla Walla Commandery, K. T.; El Katif
Temple, A. A. O. N. M. S., of Spokane; and Waitsburg Chapter, No. 9,
O. E. S., of which his wife is also a member. Mr. Jonas is now worthy
patron of the Star, a position which he has occupied for the past ten
years, and his wife is worthy matron. He is also identified with the
Woodmen of the World and Mrs. Jonas holds membership in the Christian
church. They rank among the leading and influential residents of
Waitsburg, having much to do with its material, social, intellectual
and moral progress, and they enjoy the highest respect of all who know
them.

FRANK NEACE.

Frank Neace, who is actively engaged in farming in Columbia county,
was born in Walla Walla, Washington, on the 19th of October, 1875,
and has always been a resident of this state. The spirit of western
enterprise which has been the dominant factor in the upbuilding of the
Pacific coast country has been manifest throughout his entire career.
He has worked with steady purpose to accomplish desired results and
has attained a substantial measure of success. He is a son of Louis
Neace, of whom extended mention is made elsewhere in this work, and
while spending his youthful days under the parental roof he attended
the public schools and also continued his education in the Waitsburg
Academy. On reaching manhood he became associated with his brothers
and father in the conduct of extensive farming operations and in 1903
located on the farm on which his brother Louis now resides and which
was then owned by the father. For five years he cultivated about one
thousand acres of land in that place and in 1908 he removed to his
present home farm, which was then also owned by the father and which
became his property after the father's death. His farm comprises
thirteen hundred acres of land, which he cultivates to grain and
his broad fields present an attractive picture giving proof of the
industry and ability of their owner. Mr. Neace keeps in touch with the
most progressive methods of soil cultivation and development and has
added to his farm many modern improvements, so that the place is now
splendidly equipped with all the accessories and conveniences known to
the model farm of the twentieth century.

In 1903 Mr. Neace was united in marriage to Miss Katy Fulton, of
Milton, Oregon, who is a graduate of the commercial department of
Columbia College. Mr. Neace belongs to Touchet Lodge, No. 70, K. P.,
of Waitsburg, and he is widely and favorably known not only among his
fraternal brethren but by the general public as a substantial and
influential citizen, his life record being such as to commend him to
the regard and confidence of all with whom he has been associated.

JAMES STOTT KERSHAW.

Among the residents of Walla Walla whose memory goes back to the
pioneer days of this section is James Stott Kershaw, who became a
resident of Walla Walla county in 1861. He at once turned his attention
to farming, resolutely continuing the work of cultivating the fields
in spite of many hardships, and at length prosperity began to reward
his labors. He is now in excellent circumstances and is living retired,
enjoying the comforts of life. He has reached an advanced age but is
still hale and hearty and young in spirit and interests.

His birth occurred in Yorkshire, England, July 5, 1835, and he is a
son of John and Mary (Dewhurst) Kershaw. The father passed away in
1841 and in the following year the mother came with her four children
to the United States. They went to Carbondale, Pennsylvania, where
an uncle of Mrs. Kershaw's was living. Ten days after the arrival
of the family, however, the uncle died and the mother removed with
her family to Wahpeton Falls, New York, where she and her children
worked in factories engaged in the manufacture of cotton prints. While
thus employed the oldest daughter, Hannah, at that time eleven years
of age, was drowned in the creek in which she had been washing the
blocks from which the calicoes were printed. A short time after this
tragedy the family removed to Fall River, Massachusetts, where James
S. Kershaw learned the carpenter's trade, while the other sons worked
in factories. The mother also did whatever work she could find to do
and thus by common effort the family succeeded in making a living. On
July 28, 1856, they removed to Belvidere, Illinois, traveling by ocean,
river and the Erie canal. They found that the middle west offered the
opportunities which they had expected to find and James S. Kershaw soon
found work at his trade, while his two brothers became farm hands. In
a short time they had saved enough money to buy an acre of ground and
built a small house thereon. In 1859 our subject started for Pike's
Peak but on reaching the Missouri river heard such bad reports of that
region that he and three companions turned back, while one proceeded
westward.

[Illustration: MR. AND MRS. JAMES S. KERSHAW]

While living in Illinois Mr. Kershaw became acquainted with some who
made a business of driving horses to California for sale. They were
enthusiastic in their praise of the climate of the Pacific coast and
the almost limitless opportunities for advancement there and their
reports of the far west influenced the family to go to the coast.
Accordingly they sold their home, bought a team and provisions to last
them throughout the long journey and in the spring of 1861 set out for
their new home. It was not definitely decided in what locality they
should settle, but the general preference was for California. They had
been advised to "never camp twice in the same place" and when the train
of which they were a part made a halt of a few days at Fort Laramie,
four families, including the Kershaw family, left the main train and
continued the journey. Later they overtook four other families and
not long afterward were joined by four more and still later caught up
with a train of eight families under the command of Colonel Black.
In this train was a Mr. Babcock, who had settled in the Walla Walla
valley in 1859 and was just returning from the east with his family.
His description of the country around his home was so attractive that
the Kershaws gave up their half formed plan of going to California
and decided to locate in the Walla Walla valley. For some time they
were the guests of Mr. Babcock and then they inspected the surrounding
country with the view of determining on which tract of land to settle.
They chose the quarter section adjoining Charles Actor, on the present
site of Dixie, and during the first winter lived with Mr. Actor. That
first winter was one to discourage the faint-hearted, for the weather
was severe, more so than it has ever been during the many years since.
In addition to the extra work which the cold entailed in the care of
stock the early settlers had a great deal of difficulty in securing
enough wood to keep their homes warm and their food consisted almost
entirely of beef and flapjacks. Moreover, the wheat had a great deal of
smut in it and this had to be washed out and the wheat dried before the
grain could be ground into coarse flour in a coffee mill. The following
spring the Kershaws leased Mr. Actor's land and also began to improve
their own holdings. As soon as possible they erected a log house
and there resided until some years later when they erected a larger
residence across the road from Dixie. This town received its name from
the fact that the song "Dixie Land" was new at that time and had been
introduced into Walla Walla county by the three Kershaw brothers, who
were musicians and were often called upon to sing at local gatherings.
They became known by the name of the "Dixie Boys" and when the founders
of the new town were wondering what to name it, friends of the Kershaws
suggested that it be named Dixie in their honor.

After operating Mr. Actor's land for two years William G. Kershaw took
up a homestead adjoining the present town of Dixie and the family
removed to that place. The mother passed away there on the 17th of
January, 1875, dying of pneumonia after six days of illness, and was
the first person buried in the Dixie cemetery, which is located on
land included within the Kershaw homestead. Our subject was married in
the same year and erected a home on land which he had acquired east of
Dixie. He held title to three hundred acres there and also had a third
interest in one hundred and sixty acres on Dry creek and forty acres of
timber land. Year after year he gave his time and attention to the work
of plowing, planting and harvesting and his labors were rewarded by
abundant crops, from the sale of which he derived a gratifying income.
Through hard work and good management he gained a competence and in
1900, when his son, A. C. Kershaw, was married he turned the farm over
to him and for six years Mr. and Mrs. James S. Kershaw resided in
Dixie. In 1906, however, they removed to Walla Walla, where they are
still living.

Mr. Kershaw was married December 8, 1875, to Miss Mary A. Cook, who
came to the United States from England in 1870 with an uncle, William
Yeend, his wife and ten children. They made their way at once to
California but after remaining there for a few months came to Walla
Walla county, which they reached in December of that year. To Mr. and
Mrs. Kershaw have been born two children: Arthur C., who, as before
stated, is operating the home place; and Mary Bessie, the wife of E. J.
Cantonwine, of Walla Walla.

Both Mr. and Mrs. Kershaw hold membership in the Methodist Episcopal
church and in all the relations of life they conform their conduct to
the highest ethical standards. During the more than half a century that
Mr. Kershaw has resided in Walla Walla county he has at all times been
recognized as a man of sound judgment, of public spirit and of the
strictest integrity. He had a part in the hard task of developing a new
country and it is but fitting that he should now enjoy the fruits of
his labors. He finds pleasure not only in his individual prosperity but
also in the general development of the county and has always been glad
that in 1861 he elected to cast in his lot with that of this section.

HON. J. A. FONTAINE.

One of the most attractive homes of Dayton, known as Normandy, is the
property of Hon. J. A. Fontaine, a progressive business man and citizen
who has also left the impress of his individuality upon the political
records of Columbia county, which he has represented in the state
legislature. He has long been actively, successfully and extensively
identified with farming in this section of the state. He was born in
Maryland, August 9, 1850, and is a son of Charles G. and Susan W.
Fontaine, both of whom were natives of Maryland, where they spent their
entire lives. They reared a family of nine children, of whom four are
now living.

[Illustration: HON. J. A. FONTAINE]

J. A. Fontaine spent the period of his boyhood and youth in Maryland
and in 1870 came to Washington, where he has now lived for forty-seven
years. He made his way first to Walla Walla, where he was employed as
a hired hand for a year. He afterward worked with a pack train for
four years and later entered the employ of the Baker Railroad Company
as check agent at Wallula. In 1875 he engaged with General Cook as
a packer and spent three years in that connection. In the spring of
1878 he bought a ranch and turned his attention to the raising of live
stock, in which business he successfully engaged for eleven years. He
then sold out and bought a farm eight miles from Dayton, comprising
five hundred and sixteen acres of valuable land. Mr. Fontaine is also
a stockholder in the warehouse of Dayton and his home in the city is a
most beautiful residence property.

Mr. Fontaine married and had one daughter, Leota, who is now thirteen
years of age. Fraternally he is a prominent Mason, belonging to
the lodge in Dayton. His political endorsement is given to the
democratic party and he served for two terms as a member of the state
legislature, being first elected in 1911. He gave thoughtful and
earnest consideration to all vital political problems which came up for
settlement while he was a member of the house and did much to secure
the passage of wise legislative measures. He has many warm friends in
Dayton and this section of the state and his legislative service has
gained him the high regard of many of those who are most prominent in
Washington's political circles.

CLYDE LESTER.

Clyde Lester, a partner in the firm of Young & Lester, leading florists
and representative business men of Walla Walla, was born in Bloomfield,
Iowa, December 31, 1877. His parents, Franklin P. and Keturah (Hurless)
Lester, were also natives of Bloomfield, Iowa, their respective parents
having been among the pioneer settlers who reclaimed that section of
the state for the purposes of civilization in early pioneer times.
Franklin P. Lester was of the prominent farmers of Davis county, Iowa,
for many years. In 1885 he removed to western Kansas and subsequently
became a resident of Lincoln, Nebraska, where he resided until 1911,
when again he heard and heeded the call of the west and this time made
his way to Walla Walla, Washington. His wife passed away October 17,
1916, but Mr. Lester still remains a resident of Walla Walla and now
makes his home with his son Clyde.

In the district schools Clyde Lester began his education and says his
training also came to him between the handles of a plow, for at an
early age he began work in the fields and thus he divided his time
between farm labor and the acquirement of a district school education.
His parents removed to Lincoln, Nebraska, in 1896 and at that time he
entered upon an apprenticeship to the cigar maker's trade, in which he
continued for nine years. It was while residing in Lincoln, Nebraska,
that he was married on the 26th of June, 1907, and there he began
his domestic life. Two years later he came to Walla Walla, attracted
by the opportunities of the growing northwest, and here he has since
made his home. In 1913 he entered into partnership with Fred M. Young,
who was well established as a florist in this city, and under their
management they have built up a business of very large and gratifying
proportions. Their greenhouses, which are located on South Second
street, are extensive. They have eight and three-fourths acres of land
under cultivation, with twenty-five thousand square feet under glass.
They raise the most beautiful flowers of every kind and have a very
attractive salesroom at No. 19 East Main street, where are always to be
found many kinds of cut flowers and potted plants to supply the retail
trade.

Mr. and Mrs. Lester have become the parents of two daughters, Leah and
Edna. In his political views Mr. Lester is independent and does not
care to ally himself with any party nor bind himself by party ties
voting according to the dictates of his judgment. He and his wife are
consistent members of St. Paul's Episcopal church and in the social
circles of the city occupy an enviable position. Fraternally he is
connected with Walla Walla Lodge, No. 287, B. P. O. E.; Washington
Lodge, No. 19, I. O. O. F.; the Loyal Order of Moose; the Improved
Order of Red Men; the Woodmen of the World; and the Fraternal Order
of Eagles. The west has proven to him a profitable field of labor. He
recognized the opportunities here offered and has quickly utilized them
to his own advancement, while his business methods have at all times
measured up to the highest commercial standards, and thus he occupies
a most enviable position in the confidence and goodwill of those with
whom he has been associated.

MICHAEL KENNY.

Michael Kenny, of Walla Walla, is numbered among the pioneers of the
northwest and can relate many interesting incidents concerning the
early days and those events which constitute the pioneer history of
this section. He has passed the eighty-fifth milestone on life's
journey, his birth having occurred in Ireland, September 21, 1832. His
parents, Patrick and Sophia (Cody) Kenny, were also natives of the
Emerald isle, where they spent their entire lives, both having long
since passed away. In their family were seven children.

Michael Kenny, who is the only survivor of that family, was reared and
educated in Ireland and was less than twenty-one years of age when he
bade adieu to friends and native land and sailed for the United States.
He landed in New York, where he remained for about a year, and in
1854 he joined the regular army at Governor's Island for five years'
service. He was then sent to Jefferson Barracks, Missouri, where he
was stationed for a short time, after which he was transferred to Fort
Leavenworth, Kansas, remaining there for two months. In June, 1854, he
crossed the plains to Salt Lake City with the First Dragoon Cavalry
under command of Colonel Steptoe, spending the winter at that point. In
the spring the command was sent to Fort Lane, Jackson county, Oregon,
where he was stationed for a time with other companies, remaining there
through 1855 and 1856 during the Rogue River war. He was then with
C Troop and later was promoted to the rank of sergeant. The winter
of 1856 was spent in Yamhill county. In 1857 Mr. Kenny was sent to
Fort Walla Walla. He continued with the army throughout his term of
enlistment, covering five years, and was honorably discharged in 1859.
He had participated in some of the Indian warfare on the frontier and
had done excellent work to defend the interests of the white settlers
against the hostility of the red men, who resented the encroachment of
the pale faces upon what they regarded as their own "hunting grounds."

After leaving the army Mr. Kenny ran a pack train between Walla Walla
and Orofino, and in 1865, when on his way to Boise, the Indians
captured his train, taking his twenty-eight pack animals from him and
leaving him afoot without anything. He finally managed to make his way
back to Walla Walla and there he engaged in the saloon business, in
which he continued for seven years. On the expiration of that period he
sold out and began packing for the government, devoting some time to
that work. In 1878 he became associated with the police force of Walla
Walla and was one of its members for ten years.

In 1875 Mr. Kenny was united in marriage to Miss Jennie Johnston, a
native of Glasgow, Scotland. She was only an infant when brought by her
parents to this country, the family locating in Connecticut, where they
spent the winter of 1855. The following year they removed to Illinois
and in 1859 came to Walla Walla county, Washington, where Mr. Johnston
followed farming throughout the remainder of his life. Here both he
and his wife died. In 1865 Mr. Kenny erected his present residence at
No. 7 North Sixth street and has therefore witnessed almost the entire
development of the city, being one of the few remaining early pioneers.
He took part in all of the battles with the Indians in this part of the
country.

Mr. and Mrs. Kenny are members of the Catholic church and in politics
he is a democrat, having always voted the ticket since becoming a
naturalized American citizen. There is no phase of pioneer life in the
northwest with which he is not familiar. He can remember the time when
the Indians were more numerous than the white settlers, when the great
forests stood in their primeval strength, for the work of cutting the
timber had not then been begun. Streams were unbridged and on the sites
of many of the most prosperous and progressive cities of the northwest
there were found few if any buildings. Mr. Kenny has lived to see
remarkable changes, has borne his part in the work of development and
his memory forms a connecting link between the primitive past and the
progressive present.

HON. ALFRED L. RAY.

Hon. Alfred L. Ray, residing on section 26, township 10 north, range
35, is one of the large wheat raisers of Walla Walla county and is also
entitled to mention as a member of the state legislature. He was born
in Hamilton county, Illinois, October 12, 1875, a son of Alfred M. and
Rachel Ray. He grew to manhood and received his education in Illinois
and remained in the middle west until 1901, when he became a resident
of Columbia county, Washington. For eight years he engaged in farming
there and also taught school, but in 1909 he came to Walla Walla county
and took up his residence on his present home farm of three hundred
and twenty acres. He also operates rented land, cultivating in all
eighteen hundred acres. He specializes in the production of wheat and
is recognized as an authority upon wheat growing and marketing. He uses
the most up-to-date methods and implements and gives the same careful
attention to his affairs that a business man gives to the conduct of
his interests.

In 1896 Mr. Ray was united in marriage to Miss Rosa Malone, also a
native of Illinois and a daughter of George W. and Cynthia J. (Huff)
Malone, the former deceased but the latter still a resident of
Illinois. To Mr. and Mrs. Ray have been born nine children, namely:
Eugene D., Ernest T. and Hazel, all high school students; A. Melvin;
George W.; J. Wesley; Paul; Virginia; and Stanley S.

Mr. Ray is well known in democratic circles and is now serving as
representative in the state legislature from the twelfth district
and is making a record highly satisfactory to his constituents. He
and his wife belong to the Congregational church and seek to conform
their lives to its teachings. He is respected for his ability, honored
for his integrity and held in warm personal regard by reason of
his attractive social qualities. Fraternally he is a member of the
Independent Order of Odd Fellows at Prescott and the Modern Woodmen of
America.

ANDREW J. McCULLOUCH.

Andrew J. McCullouch is living retired in Waitsburg after many years
of active connection with farming interests. He was born in Mahaska,
Iowa, June 9, 1850, of the marriage of Andrew J. and Polly (Stark)
McCullouch. The father, who was born in West Virginia, removed to
Monmouth, Illinois, at an early day and later went to Iowa, whence
in 1850 he crossed the plains to California with an ox team and old
fashioned prairie schooner. After three years he returned to Iowa
by way of the Isthmus route and there he farmed until called by
death, which occurred July 19, 1900, when he had reached the age of
eighty-four years and seven months. His wife also passed away in that
state in February, 1854, at the age of thirty years. To them were born
four sons, of whom three survive.

Andrew J. McCullouch passed his boyhood and youth in Union county,
Iowa, and his education was acquired in the public schools there. When
twenty-five years old he went to Monona county, Iowa, where he was
married and where he farmed until 1883. In that year he cast in his lot
with the Pacific northwest, coming to Walla Walla county, Washington.
He took up three hundred and twenty acres of land, nine miles north of
Preston and that place remained his home until October 1903, when he
removed to Waitsburg, where he has since lived retired. He was very
successful as a farmer and, realizing that land would steadily increase
in value as the country became more thickly settled, he invested his
capital in additional land, now owning thirteen hundred and fifty-five
acres of fine wheat land. The financial independence which he has
gained is proof of his foresight, his sound judgment and his business
ability, for he is a self-made man, having depended solely upon his own
labors for advancement.

Mr. McCullouch was married on March 16, 1879, to Miss Rebecca
Broomfield and they have become the parents of nine children: Elsie
H., William, Josie, James A. and Walter, all of whom are deceased;
Jessie M., the wife of D. H. Harris; Bertha, at home; Ruby, the wife of
Wallace Heffron, and Chauncey L., who is on the home farm.

[Illustration: MRS. ANDREW J. McCULLOUCH]

[Illustration: ANDREW J. McCULLOUCH]

Mr. McCullouch is an adherent of the republican party and for fourteen
years was school director, his continuance in the office indicating the
acceptability of his services. In religious faith he is a Methodist
and he can be counted upon to give his support to all projects looking
toward the moral advancement of his community.

HENRY SCHNECKLOTH.

Henry Schneckloth, one of the well known pioneers and esteemed citizens
of Garfield county, is now the owner of eleven hundred acres of
valuable land and for the past thirty-six years has lived continuously
on his farm of three hundred and twenty acres on section 31, township
13 north, range 43 east. His birth occurred in Schleswig-Holstein,
Germany, on the 23rd of October, 1840, his parents being Joachim and
Catherine (Ewalt) Schneckloth, who emigrated to the United States in
1853 and made their way to Davenport, Iowa. The father devoted the
remainder of his life to farming in Scott county, that state, and there
passed away about 1893, while the mother was called to her final rest
in 1897.

Henry Schneckloth was largely educated in his native country, attending
the city schools of Davenport for but one year after his emigration to
the United States with his parents, at which time he was a youth of
thirteen. On reaching man's estate he began farming on his own account
and cultivated rented land in Scott county, Iowa, until 1881, when
he came west to Washington. Here he purchased his present home farm
of three hundred and twenty acres in Garfield county, for which he
paid four thousand dollars and on which he has remained continuously
throughout the intervening period of thirty-six years. As his financial
resources have increased, owing to his unremitting industry and capable
management, he has made additional purchase from time to time until
his holdings now embrace eleven hundred acres of productive land. His
success is well merited and he enjoys an enviable reputation as one of
the representative and wealthy agriculturists of the community.

In 1867, in Scott county, Iowa, Mr. Schneckloth was joined in wedlock
to Miss Margaret Kuhl, who was a native of Schleswig-Holstein, Germany,
and came to the United States in young womanhood. By her marriage she
became the mother of eight children, as follows: James H., who is
serving as postmaster at Pomeroy, Washington; Gustav P., a farmer of
Garfield county; William J., who is serving as sheriff of Garfield
county; Katie, who is the wife of A. L. Shelton, a farmer of Garfield
county; Herman O., who is deceased; Helen, the wife of W. H. Morrison,
of Walla Walla, Washington; Adolph J., who follows farming in Idaho;
and Emil R., who operates the home farm. The wife and mother passed
away on the 27th of July, 1915, and her demise was the occasion of deep
and widespread regret.

In his political views Mr. Schneckloth is independent, supporting men
and measures rather than party. His religious faith is that of the
Lutheran church, of which he is a loyal and devoted member. He also
belongs to the Farmers Union. His life has been upright and honorable
in every relation and his many sterling traits of character have
won him the warm regard and friendship of all with whom he has been
associated.

CHARLES F. DEMENT.

Charles F. Dement, who is serving for the second term as county auditor
of Walla Walla county, was born February 8, 1880, in the city of Walla
Walla, a son of Frank S. Dement, who is mentioned at length on another
page of this work and who ranks with the leading business men of the
northwest, being prominently connected with the milling business and
the grain trade.

The son pursued his common school education in Walla Walla and passed
through consecutive grades to the high school. Later he became a
student in the Shattuck Military Academy at Faribault, Minnesota,
where he remained for three years, and later he spent two years as
a student in Whitman College of this state. When his textbooks were
put aside he was appointed to the position of deputy state grain
inspector, in which capacity he served for a year. Later he was made
deputy county auditor and such was the excellent record which he made
in that position that he was nominated by the republican party for the
position of county auditor, was elected and has since been re-elected,
so that he is now serving for the second term. He has also been clerk
of the board of county commissioners, has been county sealer of weights
and measures and in all these offices has discharged his duties with
notable promptness, efficiency and fidelity. Over the record of his
public career there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil. He
is actuated by a public-spirited devotion to the general good and in
discharging his duties is thoroughly prompt and reliable.

Mr. Dement belongs to the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and is
also a Blue Lodge Mason, while his name is likewise enrolled on the
membership list of the Knights of the Maccabees. He is well known in
Walla Walla, where his entire life has been passed, and such are his
salient characteristics that he has won wide personal popularity as
well as prominence in office.

SQUIRE T. PRATHER.

Squire T. Prather, bond agent and investment broker of Walla Walla,
where he has made his home since 1910, occupies a creditable position
in financial circles of the city and has made for himself an enviable
place in the field of business to which he directs his efforts. A
native of Missouri, he was born in Macon county, February 14, 1860,
his parents being B. F. and Martha (Holman) Prather, both of whom
were natives of that state, where they resided until 1874, when they
crossed the plains to California. They at first took up their abode in
Stockton, California, and the father engaged in farming. Subsequently
he turned his attention to the sheep industry, with which he was
connected until he was called to his final rest. His wife also died in
California. In their family were seven children, all of whom are yet
living.

Squire T. Prather was a lad of but fourteen years when the family came
to the west and in California he was reared and educated. He attended
the high school and afterward remained at home until he had attained
his majority. He then turned his attention to the real estate business,
in which he has been engaged from that time to the present. In 1910
he removed to Walla Walla and opened his present office, being now
well known as a bond and loan agent. His long experience enables him
to speak with authority upon real estate values and upon the value
of commercial paper as well and the integrity and enterprise of his
business methods have secured for him a most liberal clientage. In
addition to his business in Walla Walla he is the owner of eighty acres
of valuable fruit land in California which is now in bearing and he has
recently sold six hundred and forty acres of land in Walla Walla county.

In 1879 Mr. Prather was married to Miss Alice J. Potts, a native of
Canada. To them have been born four children: John, who is now engaged
in the real estate business in Fresno, California, in which enterprise
his father is also interested; Mattie, who is now the wife of Eugene
Freeland, of Seattle, Washington; Elmer T., who is with his father in
Walla Walla; and Lula, who is the wife of Clifford Crockett of Walla
Walla and who is a graduate nurse. There are also four grandchildren.
The wife of our subject, Dr. Alice J. Prather, was born in Canada
and received her early education in the common schools of Montreal.
Later she took up the study of medicine in San Francisco and in 1896
was graduated from the Naturopathic School of Healing at Los Angeles.
Later she engaged in practice at San Jose, California, and is now
following her profession in Walla Walla, being at the head of the Alice
J. Prather Naturopathic Sanatorium, where the patients are treated by
nature's remedies.

In politics Mr. Prather is a stalwart democrat, thoroughly informed
concerning the questions and issues of the day and giving to his party
stalwart allegiance because of his belief in its principles. Both
he and his wife are consistent members of the Methodist Episcopal
church South, and in social circles in Walla Walla occupy an enviable
position, being cordially received into the best homes where true worth
and intelligence are accepted as passports.

EDWARD J. HOFFMAN.

Edward J. Hoffman, who follows farming in Columbia county,
concentrating his attention upon the cultivation and further
development of four hundred and twenty-one acres of good land, was
born in Walla Walla, Washington, on the 22d of February, 1883. His
father, John Hoffman, was one of the early pioneers of Walla Walla
and became one of the most progressive and successful agriculturists
of southeastern Washington but is now living retired in Walla Walla.
He well deserves mention among the representative residents of this
section of the state and his record will be found on another page of
this work.

Edward J. Hoffman was reared upon the old home farm, early becoming
familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and caring for
the crops. Liberal educational opportunities were accorded him, for
after attending the common schools of the neighborhood he benefited
by a course in the Empire Business College of Walla Walla. Through
the periods of vacation prior to this time he had become an active
assistant of his father in farm work and after his textbooks were put
aside he continued to follow farming in connection with his father
until 1910. In that year he was united in marriage to Miss Blanche E.
Hafner, a daughter of Charles G. Hafner, of Walla Walla, who was one
of the early pioneers of Umatilla county, Oregon, settling just across
the state line in Oregon upon his arrival in the west. He, too, was
identified with farming interests for a long period but is now enjoying
the fruits of his former toil in well earned rest in Walla Walla.

Following his marriage Edward J. Hoffman located on one of his father's
farms eight miles northeast of Starbuck and there engaged in the
operation of thirty-six hundred acres of land, a part of which was
grazing land. He remained upon that ranch for five years, at the end
of which time he removed to his present home, which is owned by his
father. He farms four hundred and twenty-one acres and is regarded
as one of the representative agriculturists of Whiskey creek. He
employs the most progressive methods in tilling the soil, practices
the rotation of crops and studies everything that has bearing upon the
production of the cereals best adapted to climatic conditions here.
His labors are being attended with excellent results and the neat and
thrifty appearance of his place indicates his careful supervision
and practical and progressive methods. He has made the farm one of
the attractive features of the landscape--a proof of what may be
accomplished along agricultural lines in this district, which at one
time was believed to be thoroughly unadapted to farming.

The home of Mr. and Mrs. Hoffman has been blessed with four children:
John E., Frances P., Bessie D. and Alfred A. In his political views
Mr. Hoffman is a republican, having given stalwart support to the
party since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. He has
never sought or desired office, preferring to give his undivided time
and attention to his business affairs, which are capably and wisely
directed. He is an energetic man and obstacles and difficulties in his
path seem to serve but as an impetus for renewed effort on his part.
He and his wife are widely and favorably known in this section of the
state and the hospitality of the best homes is freely accorded them.

GUSTAV E. BARTELL.

Gustav E. Bartell, an active factor in the business life of Dayton,
is proving successful in the conduct of a garage and a machine shop.
He was born in Pennsylvania, June 29, 1875, a son of G. P. and Julia
Anna Bartell, who were born in Germany but in 1874 became residents of
Pennsylvania. In 1890 they removed to The Dalles, Oregon, where the
father followed the saddler's trade. Four years after coming west,
however, he was called by death, but the mother survives and resides in
Portland.

[Illustration: GUSTAV E. BARTELL]

Gustav E. Bartell began his education in his native state but completed
it in the schools of The Dalles. As a youth he learned the machinist's
trade, which he has since followed, and in 1909 he came to Dayton,
purchasing the machine shop which he now conducts. He does all kinds of
work in that line and has gained an enviable reputation for accuracy
and also for the speed with which he turns out orders. He also has
a garage department and has likewise built up a good trade in that
connection.

Mr. Bartell was married in The Dalles, Oregon, to Miss May Elton, who
passed away three months later. In 1909 he was married in Dayton, to
Miss Letty Clark, a native of this town and a graduate nurse, having
completed the required course of training in the hospital at Walla
Walla. To their union has been born a son, Charles G.

Mr. Bartell gives his political allegiance to the republican party,
fraternally is identified with the Knights of Pythias and in religious
faith is a Congregationalist, to which church his wife also belongs.
His military record includes service as captain of Company D, Oregon
National Guard. He began his independent career with no capital but
with a thorough knowledge of his trade, and with that as a foundation
he steadily advanced until he is now in excellent circumstances, and he
is recognized as a prominent business man of Dayton.

FRED W. KASER.

Fred W. Kaser is the secretary and treasurer of the Davis-Kaser
Company, house furnishers, who control one of the leading business
enterprises of Walla Walla and of the northwest. He was born in Madison
county, Illinois, March 24, 1868, a son of Samuel and Magdalene (Kamm)
Kaser, both of whom were natives of Switzerland and came to the new
world in childhood with their respective parents. They were married in
Illinois and there resided until 1869, when they removed to western
Missouri.

Fred W. Kaser spent his youthful days under the parental roof and
acquired his education in the common schools of Missouri and also at
the Empire Business College in Walla Walla, Washington. He arrived
in this city in 1887, reaching his destination on the 20th of June.
He was then a youth of nineteen years--empty-handed but possessed of
an abundant amount of courage, determination and energy. He eagerly
embraced any opportunity that offered whereby he might earn a living.
He had been engaged in farm work when in the middle west and after
reaching Walla Walla he was first employed at hop picking. He was not
content with such a position save as an expedient to meet his momentary
expenses and was constantly on the outlook for something better. He
returned from the hop fields to the town and secured employment with
the gas company. There he worked until almost midnight and through
the school period he was busy with lessons, for he had come to a
realization of the fact that educational training was necessary toward
success in the business world. For two years he followed that course,
working for the gas company and also in the Gilbert Hunt machine shop.
He next turned his attention to commercial pursuits and secured a
clerkship in the Schwabacher store. In the meantime he had pursued
his course in business college and such was the thoroughness with
which he did his work that the college sought his co-operation after
his graduation and for one term he engaged in teaching there. He also
correctly applied the knowledge that he had gained to his duties in
the Schwabacher store and later he accepted the position of bookkeeper
with G. H. Sutherland, with whom he remained for three years. In 1894
he embarked in business on his own account, becoming connected with
John A. Davis in the purchase of a furniture store. They began business
under the name of the Davis-Kaser Company in handling furniture and
all kinds of house furnishings and after a year the business was
incorporated under the present style, Mr. Davis becoming the president
of the company, with Mr. Kaser as the secretary, treasurer and general
manager. Their business has grown from a small concern with a stock
valued at less than three thousand dollars until it is one of the
largest mercantile institutions of Walla Walla.

On the 21st of October, 1894, Mr. Kaser was married to Miss Laura
E. Davis, a daughter of John A. Davis, who was the president of the
Davis-Kaser Company but is now deceased. Mrs. Kaser is a native of
Walla Walla county, where she was reared and educated, and is an active
worker in the Presbyterian church, to which she belongs. She is also a
prominent member of the Women's Park Club of Walla Walla, the Sunshine
Club and other similar organizations.

Mr. Kaser has always taken the deepest interest in community welfare
and has done most efficient work for Walla Walla as president of the
Commercial Club. He is a member of Trinity Lodge, No. 121, I. O. O.
F.; also of Blue Mountain Lodge, No. 13, A. F. & A. M.; Walla Walla
Chapter, No. 1, R. A. M.; Washington Commandery, No. 2, K. T., of Walla
Walla; and El Katif Temple A. A. O. N. M. S., of Spokane. He is also
connected with Walla Walla Lodge, No. 287, B. P. O. E.

EDWARD G. KNOTT.

Edward G. Knott, who is giving his entire time and attention to the
operation of an excellent farm of twelve hundred acres in Columbia
county, is a western man by birth as well as preference, being a native
of Walla Walla. He was born May 12, 1883, a son of James and Josephine
(Ulberg) Knott, who were natives respectively of England and Sweden,
but were married in California. In the '70s they removed to the city
of Walla Walla, where they still reside. For many years the father was
actively engaged in the construction business, taking contracts for
masonry.

Edward G. Knott is one of seven living children in a family of nine.
He was reared at home and is indebted for his education to the public
schools of Walla Walla. On attaining his majority he turned his
attention to farming, recognizing the value of the fine land in this
section, and after operating rented farms for ten years he bought
twelve hundred acres, the greater part of which is fine wheat land in
Columbia county and took up his residence on that place. He gives to
his affairs the same careful attention that a business man gives to
his interests and his work is conducted in a most systematic manner.
He ranks among the most progressive and successful agriculturists of
Columbia county and receives a gratifying profit from his land.

[Illustration: MRS. AND MR. EDWARD G. KNOTT]

In 1908 Mr. Knott was married to Miss Della Richmond, also a native of
Walla Walla county, and they are the parents of three children, Harold
R., Robert E. and Arnold F. Mr. Knott casts his ballot in support of
the democratic party but his participation in public affairs has been
confined to the exercise of the right of franchise. However, he is
deeply interested in the welfare of the public schools and has served
with credit to himself as a member of the school board. He has a wide
acquaintance in Columbia and Walla Walla counties, and his genuine
worth is attested by the fact that those who have been most intimately
associated with him since his boyhood are his stanchest friends.

OSCAR M. SHELTON.

Oscar M. Shelton, a prosperous and energetic young farmer residing on
section 6, Russell Creek township, Walla Walla county, was born August
20, 1883, upon the farm which he is now operating. His parents, Frank
M. and Nancy M. (Guinn) Shelton, came to the county in early days, the
former in 1863 and the latter in 1864. They were married following
their arrival here and took a quitclaim on a homestead which in time
became their property. The father was successful as an agriculturist
and at the time of his death in 1908 held title to four hundred and
eighty acres of fine wheat land. The mother died in 1897.

Oscar M. Shelton was reared upon the home farm and received his
education in the district schools. The year following his father's
death he and his brothers operated the farm in partnership, but at the
end of that time the estate was settled and he received eighty acres of
the home place as his share. He has subsequently purchased an adjoining
eighty acres, so that he now owns a quarter section of excellent land.
He annually harvests large crops of wheat and as he manages his affairs
in a businesslike manner he receives a good profit from his labors.

In 1910 Mr. Shelton was married to Miss Bessie McKay, a daughter of
Angus McKay, who came to this country in 1861. The children born to Mr.
and Mrs. Shelton are three in number, Bethine, Arline and Ibbie Lillian.

Mr. Shelton votes independently and gives careful study to the
questions and issues of the day. He and his wife are devoted members of
the Presbyterian church. He is thoroughly western in spirit, and his
enterprise and progressiveness have enabled him to take rank among the
successful men of his township.

ALFRED L. SHELTON.

Alfred L. Shelton, who is extensively engaged in stock and wheat
raising, with residence on section 5, township 12 north, range 43 east,
Garfield county, was born in Yamhill county, Oregon, July 1, 1869.
His parents, John W. and Mary (Burford) Shelton, were both natives
of Missouri and in 1853 made the long and tedious journey across
the plains to the Pacific coast country, settling in Yamhill county,
Oregon, where the mother passed away. The father survives at the age
of eighty-five years and is now a resident of Portland. Ten of the
thirteen children born to their union are still living.

Alfred L. Shelton was reared at home and his education was that
afforded by the district schools of Oregon. In 1887, when about
eighteen years old, he came to Garfield county, Washington, and
purchased land, on which he has since resided. His systematic and
practical labors have year by year been rewarded by large crops. He has
also been successful as a stock raiser and his holdings now comprise
eleven hundred and ninety-two acres, of which six hundred acres is
devoted to the raising of wheat, while the remainder is fine pasture
land. He keeps in close touch with the advancement that is continually
being made along agricultural lines and justly ranks as one of the
leading farmers of his section.

Mr. Shelton was married in 1894 to Miss Catherine Schnekloth, a native
of Iowa and a daughter of Henry and Margaret Schnekloth, an account of
whose lives appears elsewhere in this work. Nine children have been
born to Mr. and Mrs. Shelton, namely, Arthur M., Wilber W., Henry E.,
Alma, Elmer, Herman, Dale, Hazel and Doris, all of whom are yet at home.

Mr. Shelton belongs to Harmony Lodge, No. 116, I. O. O. F., of Pomeroy,
to the Woodmen of the World, to the Grange and the Farmers' Union. His
political allegiance is given to the republican party and he has served
for some time on the school board. He is a man of unusual energy,
finding the opportunity to take part in public affairs in addition to
looking after his extensive farming interests. He is manager of the
No. 2 telephone line and in that capacity has made an excellent record
for the fine service rendered patrons. He is distinctly a western
man, possessing the self-reliance, resourcefulness and enterprise
characteristic of this section.

MRS. IDA MAY WOLFE.

Mrs. Ida May Wolfe, widely and favorably known in Walla Walla county,
is a representative of one of the oldest pioneer families. She resides
on section 35, township 8 north, range 36 east, where she owns a
valuable farming property. She was born on the site of the present
city of Dayton and is a daughter of Oliver C. and Mary E. (Mealey)
Gallaher. Her mother was a daughter of Dr. Mealey, who was one of the
noted men of his day. Her father crossed the plains in 1845, when few
white men had penetrated into the vast wilderness of the northwest. He
drove across the hot stretches of sand over the mountain passes and
at length reached the Willamette valley of Oregon, where he took up a
donation claim. At that time the city of Portland had no existence and
the work of progress and improvement had scarcely been begun in all the
vast northwest. He resided in the Willamette valley until the spring
of 1862, when he came to Walla Walla county and took up his abode in
the Walla Walla valley, where he resided until the time of his death.
His entire life was devoted to farming and he contributed much to the
early agricultural development of this section of the country. His
efforts were an important factor in promoting progress and improvement
in the Inland Empire and he was among those who laid broad and deep the
foundation upon which is built the present prosperity and progress of
the county. His political allegiance was always given to the republican
party and he took an active and helpful interest in politics,
recognizing the duties and obligations as well as the privileges of
citizenship. In a word, he left the impress of his individualuty for
good upon the developmen of this section of the state and his memory is
yet revered and honored by many who knew him in the early days. In his
family were six children, three of whom are now living.

His daughter, Mrs. Wolfe, was reared and educated in Walla Walla county
and is familiar with many phases of pioneer life here. In 1883 she
became the wife of W. H. Buroker, a pioneer of this county, having come
here in 1864. Through their united thrift and industry they acquired a
large and valuable property, which at the death of Mr. Buroker in 1902
was equally divided among the legal heirs. To Mr. and Mrs. Buroker were
born five children: Zenna, the wife of L. O. McInroe; Ina J., the wife
of Frank McInroe, of Walla Walla county; Forrest L., who is a resident
farmer of Walla Walla county; one who is deceased; and Mary E., the
wife of R. W. Rigsby. Several years after the death of her first
husband Mrs. Buroker became the wife of L. R. Wolfe in 1906. Her father
died on the 29th of May, 1916, having long survived his wife, who
passed away about thirty-nine years ago. They were both laid to rest in
this county.

Mrs. Wolfe is now the owner of several hundred acres of fine land which
has been brought under a high state of cultivation and returns splendid
crops annually, thus providing the family with a very substantial
income. Mr. Wolfe belongs to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows
and to the Knights of Pythias and Mrs. Wolfe is connected with the
Rebekah lodge, the ladies' auxiliary of the Odd Fellows. She is also
a consistent and faithful member of the Methodist Episcopal church
and takes a very active and helpful part in church work, contributing
generously to its support. Her entire life has been passed in this
county, where she is most widely known, and she has a very extensive
circle of warm friends, who enjoy her companionship and entertain for
her the highest regard.

JOHN F. ABBOTT.

John F. Abbott, of Walla Walla, is one of the pioneers of eastern
Washington, arriving here in 1859, and for many years he was
prominently connected with transportation interests as the owner of a
stage line from Walla Walla to Boise, Idaho. Later, when the country
became more settled, he turned his attention to farming and was also
successful in that connection. His birth occurred in Rome, New York,
March 25, 1823, and he remained in that state until he was thirteen
years old. He then went to work and for the next few years was employed
in various states. On removing to Wisconsin he became connected with
a stage line and so continued until 1849, when he, like so many
others, made the long and dangerous journey across the plains to the
California gold fields. He devoted two years to mining and then went
to La Fayette, Oregon, where he established a stage line between that
point and Portland and another between Jacksonville and Sterlingville.
He operated the two lines until 1859, when he came to Walla Walla,
Washington, and at once became a factor in the business life of the
town as the proprietor of a stage line from Walla Walla to Wallula.
He also engaged in the livery business and later, in connection with
Thomas & Ruckle, established a stage line from Walla Walla over the
Blue mountains to Boise, Idaho. At that early day stage coaches
furnished practically the only means of communication from one part
of the western country to another and stage lines were as important
to the development of the section as railroads are today. In 1873 Mr.
Abbott sold his interests in that business and began farming and stock
raising. He met with unusual success as an agriculturist and at the
time of his death had extensive farm holdings in Walla Walla county and
also held title to valuable city properties.

Mr. Abbott was married in Oregon, April 24, 1853, to Mrs. Susan
(Snyder) Creighton, a native of Ohio, and they became the parents of
three children: John H., who is one of the prominent farmers of Walla
Walla county; Belle, the wife of H. G. Mauzey, of Walla Walla; and Anna
A., who is the widow of Colonel W. H. Miller and is caring for her aged
mother. Mrs. Abbott was born in New Lisbon, Ohio, October 22, 1824, and
is a daughter of Stephen Snyder. She lost her parents when quite small
and in 1845 came west with her aunt, Amelia Risley. They traveled by ox
teams across the plains and settled in Yamhill county, Oregon. At the
age of twenty years Susan Snyder was united in marriage to Nathaniel
Creighton, by whom she had one child, Minnie, who married D. B. Day,
of Walla Walla, but is now deceased. Mr. Creighton died in 1849 and
his widow subsequently became the wife of John F. Abbott. In 1859, in
company with their four children, they came to Walla Walla, and here
Mrs. Abbott has since made her home. She is still alert of mind and
active of body.

Mr. Abbott was prominent in the work of the Independent Order of
Odd Fellows and was generous to a fault, contributing liberally to
all deserving enterprises and charities. He was progressive and
public-spirited and did all within his power to further the advancement
of his community. His death, which occurred March 14, 1896, occasioned
widespread regret, as it was generally recognized that his energy,
sound judgment and civic spirit were valuable assets of Walla Walla.

JOHN K. RAINWATER.

The history of Dayton is to John K. Rainwater a matter of personal
experience, as he settled upon the site of Dayton when it was
government land as yet untouched by the hand of man. For years he
engaged in farming but has now disposed of the greater part of his
land, which is included within the city of Dayton, although he retains
the ownership of seven acres, upon which he resides. His birth occurred
in eastern Tennessee, January 3, 1834, and he is a son of James and
Dalila (Keifer) Rainwater, natives of that state. The family removed
to Arkansas, where the mother passed away, and subsequently the father
went with his children to Missouri. His last years, however, were
passed in Dayton, Washington, and here his death occurred. Four of his
five children survive.

[Illustration: JOHN K. RAINWATER]

John K. Rainwater grew to manhood in Arkansas and acquired his
education in the public schools there. In early manhood he decided to
try his fortune in the west and in 1861 made the long journey overland
by ox team to Albany, Oregon. He rented a farm in that locality but
in 1869 removed to Old Walla Walla county, Washington, settling on
a farm now within the city limits of Dayton. He has now disposed of
all of his land save seven acres but for a considerable period he was
actively engaged in the operation of his farm and proved successful
as an agriculturist. It has been a great pleasure to him to witness
the steady and rapid development of this section and especially of
Dayton and he has gladly given his aid to all projects seeking the
public welfare. He is now living retired after a life of well directed
industry and he is deservedly held in high esteem by his fellow
townsmen.

Mr. Rainwater was married in 1854 to Miss Mary Sparks, also a native
of Tennessee, and to them were born six daughters and one son: Dalila,
the wife of George Munsey; Susan J., who married O. C. White, now of
Olympia, Washington; Alice, the wife of Colonel F. Green, a resident
of California; Ellen, who married William Robinson; Arthur L., who is
living in Montana; Elizabeth, the deceased wife of Charles Door; and
Nancy, the wife of Frank Desersy, of Seattle. The wife and mother was
called to her reward December 30, 1889, and was laid to rest in the
Dayton cemetery.

Mr. Rainwater is a stanch republican in politics and served ably as
member of the city council of Dayton and for a number of years was
a member of the school board. Fraternally he belongs to the Masonic
order and is also affiliated with the Mystic Shrine. He has filled
most of the chairs and is well known as a Mason who exemplifies in his
life the beneficent teachings of the craft. For fifty-six years he
has resided in this locality and his record has always been that of a
public-spirited citizen, willing at all times to subordinate personal
interests to the good of his community, county or state. The success
which he gained and which enables him to enjoy the comforts of life
was the direct result of his hard work and good management, and he is
entitled to the praise that is given a self-made man.

ADAM FUDGE.

For almost thirty years Adam Fudge was identified with the agricultural
interests of Walla Walla county and took a prominent part in its
development. The greater part of his life was passed on the Pacific
coast and he was thoroughly familiar with pioneer conditions in this
section of the country. He was born in Illinois, May 26, 1845, a son
of Adam and Catherine Fudge, who were natives of Virginia and early
settlers of Illinois. In 1847 the family crossed the continent to Polk
county, Oregon, where the father secured a farm and engaged in its
operation for some years. His death occurred in Astoria, Oregon, and
his wife died in Independence, that state.

Mr. Fudge, of this review, grew to manhood in Oregon and was indebted
to the early schools of that state for the educational advantages
he had. In 1872 he came to Walla Walla, where he continued to make
his home throughout the remainder of his life. For five years he was
engaged in the butcher business in Waitsburg and then purchased a ranch
in Whitman county. He made his home in Waitsburg until coming to Walla
Walla. His death occurred in May, 1901, his remains being interred in
the Odd Fellows cemetery at Waitsburg. In his farming operations he
met with good success and left to his widow a valuable tract of eight
hundred acres of land in Whitman county, which she still owns.

In 1872 Mr. Fudge was united in marriage to Miss Mary M. Perkins,
who was born in Marshall county, Illinois, and is a daughter of Joel
B. and Margaret (Burt) Perkins, both natives of Kentucky. In that
state the Perkins family lived about ten miles from Mammoth Cave.
They removed to Oregon in 1852 and located on a farm near Portland,
where they made their home until coming to Walla Walla in 1862. The
parents both died at Waitsburg and two of their nine children have also
passed away. Those living are: James A., for many years a banker of
Colfax, Washington, but now engaged in the real estate business Mary;
Mattie, the wife of Alfred Miller, of Lacrosse, Washington; T. J.,
of Spokane; Frank B., of the Big Bend country; E. L., of Harrington,
Washington; and Garfield, of Spokane. To Mr. and Mrs. Fudge were born
three children, namely: Grace, deceased; Adna, the wife of Samuel B.
Sweeney; and Will C., assistant cashier of the Colfax National Bank.
Mrs. Fudge rents the ranch and she and her daughter are now residing in
Walla Walla, where they own a fine residence. She is a member of the
Christian church and is a most estimable lady, who has a host of warm
friends.

Mr. Fudge took a very active part in the Odd Fellows lodge to which he
belonged and was a stanch supporter of the republican party. He was a
man of good business and executive ability, who usually carried forward
to successful completion whatever he undertook, and his course in life
was ever such as to commend him to the confidence and regard of all
with whom he came in contact. He was one of the representative pioneers
of the Pacific northwest and to such men is due the present development
and prosperity of this region.

EMERSON LEE WHEELER.

Emerson Lee Wheeler, owner and publisher of the Waitsburg Times, of
which his father had long been the editor, is not only widely known in
journalistic circles but is regarded as one of the most prominent and
influential residents of his section of the state, a fact which finds
its verification in his long continued service as mayor of his city.
He was born in Waitsburg, March 22, 1878, a son of Charles and Alice
Wheeler. The father was born in Cass county, Missouri, February 19,
1852, and was one of a family of ten children. After reaching manhood
he wedded Alice Reavis, a daughter of Judge D. B. Reavis, the wedding
being celebrated in 1877, and not long afterward they started for the
west, making the journey by mule team across the plains. Arriving at
Waitsburg, Mr. Wheeler learned that the village school was without a
principal and applied for and secured the position. After a year spent
as teacher he was nominated for the position of county superintendent
of schools at the hands of the republican convention and was elected
and re-elected in 1880. In the following year he was appointed by the
governor as territorial superintendent of schools and during his five
years' incumbency in that office did splendid work in organizing the
schools, in promoting their standards and advancing their efficiency.
On the expiration of that period he acquired a lease on the Waitsburg
Times and afterward purchased the plant. He then successfully edited
and conducted the paper until 1896, when he leased the plant to his
son, Emerson L., who afterward purchased the paper and has since
successfully conducted it. For about seven years Charles W. Wheeler
was lecturer for the Woodmen of the World and gained an enviable
reputation as a public speaker by reason of his eloquence and his clear
presentation of every question which he handled. He died May 19, 1917,
at the age of sixty-five years, respected by those who knew him and
most of all by those who knew him best.

[Illustration: EMERSON L. WHEELER]

Emerson L. Wheeler, spending his boyhood and youth in Waitsburg,
acquired his education in its public schools and in the Waitsburg
Academy. He, too, took up the profession of teaching, which he followed
for a year, and he then leased the Waitsburg Times from his father and
still continues its publication. He was practically raised in the print
shop, being, as it were, "To the manner born." He had spent most of his
vacations in the printing office up to the time when he assumed its
active management. He has since given his undivided attention to the
publication of the paper, which is a representative of high standards
of journalism. Its columns have been used in large measure to further
the interests and welfare of town and county and he has made the Times
both the mirror and the moulder of public opinion.

In his home town on the 5th of June, 1900, Mr. Wheeler was united
in marriage to Miss Myrtie V. Duncan, a native of California and a
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Duncan, who were pioneers of the Walla
Walla valley.

Mr. Wheeler has an interesting military record. For four years he
served as a member of Company D, First Infantry, of the National Guard
of Washington, occupying that position until 1898, when the National
Guard was mustered into the national service as Company K for active
duty in the Philippines. He was, however, rejected on account of
defective eyesight, so that he could not go to the orient. In politics
he has always been a republican, giving stalwart support to the party
since age conferred upon him the right of franchise. That he is one
of the leaders of the party is indicated in the fact that he is the
present mayor of Waitsburg and with the exception of one year he has
continued in the office for the past decade. Previously he had been a
member of the city council for several years and his official record
is one over which there falls no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil.
He has always been active in the Commercial Club and is at the present
time secretary of the Waitsburg Commercial Club, having been called to
that position on its incorporation in 1911.

Fraternally Mr. Wheeler is connected with Delta Lodge, No. 70, K. P.,
in which organization he has always taken a very active part. He is
likewise a member of Waitsburg Lodge, No. 16, F. & A. M.; of Occidental
Lodge, No. 11, A. O. U. W.; and of Waitsburg Camp, No. 72, W. O. W.
In all these organizations he is loyal to the purposes and teachings
of the different societies. His standards of life are high and he
never deviates from what he believes to be right between himself and
his fellowmen. He is actuated by a spirit of progress in all that he
undertakes in a business way or in relation to the public welfare and
as an official of Waitsburg he has done splendid service in its behalf,
looking ever to the benefit and upbuilding of the city.

A. HERBERT GRAVES.

A. Herbert Graves, appointed by President Wilson in January, 1916,
to the position of postmaster of Asotin, was born December 2, 1871,
in Shelbyville, Shelby county, Missouri, a son of Edmond and Sarah
(Tuttle) Graves. He acquired a public school education in his native
city and continued his studies at Macon, Missouri. On completing his
course he took up the drug business, which he followed in Missouri
for six years, and then went upon the road as a traveling salesman,
representing a wholesale drug house, in which line of business he
continued for about two years. He then became connected with the
telephone business and on the 5th of April, 1913, he arrived in Asotin,
Washington, where he bought out the Asotin Telephone Company, which at
that time had but sixty-five patrons. The business is now conducted
under the name of the Asotin Telephone Exchange and Mr. Graves is the
sole owner. He gives service at the present time to three hundred
patrons all over Asotin county and the adjoining territory. He has
built up the business along substantial lines and he is accorded a
gratifying patronage.

On the 14th of September, 1899, Mr. Graves was united in marriage to
Miss Ida Algena Watson, a native of New York, and to them have been
born three children: June Irene, who is a student in the Asotin high
school; Herbert, a student in the eighth grade of the public schools;
and Edward, now three years of age.

Mr. Graves and his wife are communicants of the Episcopal church and he
belongs to the Masonic fraternity. His political allegiance is given to
the democratic party and in January, 1916, by presidential appointment,
he became postmaster of Asotin, in which connection he is now serving,
discharging the duties of the office in a prompt and capable manner
and at the same time conducting his telephone business. He is a
progressive, energetic and farsighted business man and is meeting with
well merited success.

J. BURRES HERROLD.

J. Burres Herrold, a well known farmer residing in Walla Walla, from
which point he directs the operation of his extensive holdings, was
born in Knox county, Illinois, November 14, 1858, a son of Bishop A.
and Harriett (Cullison) Herrold, natives respectively of Indiana and
Ohio. They were married, however, in Illinois, to which state they
removed as children with their parents. In 1871 they came to the
Pacific coast and for seven years lived in the Willamette valley of
Oregon, after which they came to Washington, settling in Palouse,
Whitman county. Seven years later they took up their residence on a
farm on Eureka flats, Walla Walla county, and there the mother died in
March, 1893. The father, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this
work, is still living and makes his home with a son residing near
Waitsburg.

J. Burres Herrold was reared at home and acquired his education in the
common schools of Illinois. At the time of the arrival of the family
in the Willamette valley he was thirteen years of age. A year after
their removal to Washington, in June, 1878, he left home and began his
independent career. In 1882 he filed on a homestead on Eureka flats,
Walla Walla county, and retained the ownership of that place until
1907, when he disposed of it and purchased four hundred and thirty-four
acres in Columbia county two and a half miles east of Waitsburg.
He resided upon that place until 1915, when he removed to Walla
Walla, where he now lives. He still, however, gives close attention
to supervising the work of the farm and his progressive methods
and excellent business judgment have enabled him to gain financial
independence.

On the 8th of January, 1915, Mr. Herrold was united in marriage to
Miss Nellie Perrigo, a daughter of Harlow and Ida (Daniels) Perrigo.
Her father died in Wisconsin, and in 1909 her mother came to Walla
Walla, where she now lives. Mrs. Herrold was for eight years prior to
her marriage a teacher in the Walla Walla schools and is a woman of
excellent education and good executive ability.

Mr. Herrold supports the republican party at the polls but is without
ambition for office. He is connected with Touchet Lodge, No. 5, I. O.
O. F., and with Coppei Encampment, No. 73. He is loyal to the order
and to its teachings of mutual helpfulness and fraternity, and the
principles which govern his life are further indicated in the fact that
he is a member of the Christian church, to which his wife also belongs.
They are progressive in spirit and willingly support all movements
looking toward the advancement of the interests of their community.

HERBERT L. WILSON.

Herbert L. Wilson has devoted the greater part of his life to
engineering work and is now a leader in his profession in southeastern
Washington, being especially prominent in connection with the
construction of state highways and bridges and the paving of city
streets. He was born in Henry county, Iowa, June 25, 1877, a son of
Jonah and Mary (Graham) Wilson, both of whom were born in Ohio, where
they were reared. Soon after their marriage they left that state and
removed to Henry county, Iowa, which was then just being settled. The
father filed on a homestead and both he and the mother still reside on
that place. His holdings now comprise four hundred and eighty acres
and he is recognized as one of the most successful farmers and stock
raisers of Henry county.

Herbert L. Wilson was educated in the public schools of Henry county
and in Drake University of Des Moines, from which he received the
degree of civil engineer in the class of 1899. Following his graduation
he devoted some time to farming in his native county, but in 1904 came
to the Pacific coast. For about a year he was employed on construction
work in Portland and then came to Walla Walla. He remained in this city
only a short time, however, and then took up a homestead in Franklin
county, Washington. Later he commuted the homestead and proved up on
his claim in less time that it would have taken to do so under the
homestead law. He was instrumental in securing the establishment of a
postoffice at Ringgold, and for a year and a half served as postmaster.
After securing the title to his land he was employed in the engineering
department of the North Coast Railroad Company, which has since become
a part of the Union Pacific system, and while in that connection he
worked on the construction of the road for two and a half years. In
1908 he went to Twin Falls, Idaho, where he developed a farm under
the newly installed irrigation project, but after remaining upon the
place for about a year he went to North Yakima, Washington, where he
went into business on his own account as construction engineer. During
the following two and a half years he completed a number of important
projects and in 1912 came to Walla Walla, where he has since gained an
enviable reputation as a capable engineer. He has given his attention
largely to state highway construction and has also done a great deal of
street paving in Walla Walla and has erected a large number of bridges.
He has handled some of the largest jobs in these lines in this section
of the state and has not only gained high professional standing but has
won material success.

Mr. Wilson was married in 1908 to Miss Stella Nixon, a daughter of E.
H. Nixon, a sketch of whom appears elsewhere in this work. To Mr. and
Mrs. Wilson has been born a daughter, Mary Lavelle.

Mr. Wilson is an advocate of republican principles and supports the
candidates of that party at the polls. He is connected fraternally with
Blue Mountain Lodge, No. 13, F. & A. M., and with Walla Walla Chapter,
No. 1, R. A. M., and is likewise a member of the Walla Walla Commercial
Club. In religious faith he is a Presbyterian and his life has at all
times been actuated by high moral principles.

JEREMIAH M. CAMP.

Jeremiah M. Camp, one of the prosperous and highly esteemed residents
of Walla Walla, was for many years actively engaged in farming in
Whitman county, where he still owns a large tract of valuable land,
but is now living retired. A native of Ohio, he was born May 10, 1837,
and is a son of John and Deborah (Martin) Camp, both of whom were born
in Connecticut, the former in 1801. The parents removed to Ohio at an
early day in the development of that state and there the mother passed
away in 1856. Two years later the father removed with his family to
Knox county, Illinois, and devoted the remainder of his life to the
operation of a farm there. He died suddenly in 1865. There were five
sons in the family but only three are now living.

[Illustration: JEREMIAH M. CAMP]

[Illustration: MRS. JEREMIAH M. CAMP]

Jeremiah M. Camp passed the days of his boyhood and youth in his
native state and is indebted for his education to its public schools.
Following his marriage, February 12, 1858, at the age of twenty years,
he became a resident of Knox County, Illinois. In 1862 he enlisted
there in Company I, Eighty-third Illinois Volunteer Infantry, and
served at the front until the close of the Civil war in 1865. Although
he took part in a great deal of hard fighting he was never wounded nor
imprisoned. After being mustered out at Chicago he returned to Ohio,
where his wife was then residing, and they continued to make their home
in that state until 1867, when they went to the vicinity of Washington,
Iowa, where Mr. Camp engaged in farming for three years. In 1870 he
went to Kansas and in 1883 came to Washington. After staying for a time
in Walla Walla county he removed to Whitman county, where he took up a
homestead. He at once gave his entire time and attention to the task
of developing that farm and as the years passed made many improvements
thereon. In 1904 he retired and took up his residence in Walla Walla,
where he now lives. He still owns sixteen hundred and sixty acres of
land in Whitman county, all in a high state of cultivation, and derives
therefrom a gratifying income. The success which he has gained is
doubly creditable in that it is due to his quickness to see and take
advantage of opportunities, his good management and his hard work.

On the 12th of February, 1858, Mr. Camp was united in marriage to
Miss Lucy Ann Merritt, also a native of Vinton county, Ohio, and they
traveled life's journey together for fifty-two years, Mrs. Camp dying
in Walla Walla on the 8th of October, 1911. They became the parents
of nine children, as follows: Louis and Ida, both deceased; Hattie,
the wife of William Barber, of Anthony, Kansas; A. I. and George, both
residents of Whitman county, Washington; May, the wife of Theodore
Harris, of Oklahoma; Sadie, the wife of Charles Pryor, of Dayton,
Washington; and Archibald and Ira, both residents of Whitman county.
The wife and mother was a consistent and faithful member of the
Methodist Episcopal church.

Mr. Camp has voted the republican ticket since he cast his first vote
for Abraham Lincoln. He has never been active in public affairs,
preferring to concentrate his efforts upon his farm work, and in
so doing he has not only won financial independence but has also
contributed to the development of this district along agricultural
lines. Through his membership in the local Grand Army post he keeps in
touch with the other veterans of the war and finds great pleasure in
recalling the experiences of those days.

JAMES A. YEEND.

James A. Yeend is a self-made man who is now the owner of three hundred
and eighty acres, constituting a valuable farm property on section 20,
township 8 north, range 36 east, Walla Walla county. He was born in
Gloucestershire, England, on the 8th of March, 1856, and is a son of
William and Ellen (Surman) Yeend, who were natives of England, whence
they crossed the Atlantic to the new world in December, 1870. They
settled on a farm in section 20, township 8 north, range 36 east, Walla
Walla county, and here the father passed away, while the mother later
became a resident of Walla Walla and died in that city. They were the
parents of sixteen children, seven of whom survive.

James A. Yeend was a lad of fourteen years when he crossed the
Atlantic to the United States in company with his parents. He had
acquired his education in England and remained under the parental roof
until twenty-one years of age, when he started out in life for himself.
Two years later he took up a preemption claim of one hundred and
twenty acres and bought one hundred and sixty acres of railroad land
in Walla Walla county but in 1883 sold this property to his father.
He then removed to Whitman county, Washington, where he took up a
homestead and timber claim, upon which he lived for twelve years and
through that period wrought a marked transformation in the appearance
of his property, for he brought much of the land under a high state of
cultivation. In 1896 he sold that place and came to Walla Walla county,
where he now resides. Here he owns three hundred and eighty-four acres
of rich and productive land, upon which he has placed many modern
improvements, including an attractive home and substantial buildings
that furnish ample shelter for grain and stock. He is an energetic and
progressive farmer and his place presents a most attractive appearance,
indicative of the care and labor which he bestows upon his fields
and also indicative of the careful supervision which he gives to all
branches of the farm work.

On the 15th of December, 1883, Mr. Yeend was united in marriage to
Miss Lydia Chandler, also a native of Gloucestershire, England, and
a daughter of Joseph and Eliza (Surman) Chandler. Her father died in
that country and her mother came to America in October, 1882, locating
in Whitman county, Washington, where she took up a homestead claim and
spent the remainder of her life. To Mr. and Mrs. Yeend have been born
eight children, namely: Ernest E., Edith M., Fred S. and Frank J.,
twins; Flora E., William A., Olive and Esther A.

Mr. and Mrs. Yeend are devoted members of the Methodist Episcopal
church, in the work of which they take an active and helpful interest,
Mr. Yeend serving now as one of the trustees. His political support
is given to the republican party and he has served for sixteen years
as a member of the school board. Fraternally he is connected with the
Ancient Order of United Workmen. As the architect of his own fortunes
he has builded wisely and well and is not only one of the self-made men
of Walla Walla county but is also one of its most progressive farmers
and in all that he does holds to the highest standards of agricultural
development and activity.

SURMAN N. YEEND.

Surman N. Yeend, one of the leading wheat raisers of the Walla Walla
valley, residing at Valley Grove, was born in England, May 21, 1866,
a son of William and Ellen Yeend, who are mentioned elsewhere in this
work in connection with the sketch of their son James.

Surman N. Yeend was reared and educated in Walla Walla county, having
been but a young lad when brought by his parents to the new world.
The family home was established in the northwest and he has since
been familiar with the upbuilding and progress of this section of
the country. His youthful days were spent in the usual manner of
the farmbred boy who divides his time between the duties of the
schoolroom, the pleasures of the playground and the work of the fields,
and his early training in farm work well qualified him to take up work
of that character on his own account after he had reached man's estate.
He located on the place which is now his home and which comprises seven
hundred acres of rich and productive land, all under cultivation. He
makes a specialty of the growing of wheat and his broad fields present
a most pleasing picture, giving indication of abundant harvests. He is
also successfully engaged in stock raising and keeps upon his farm high
grades of cattle, horses and hogs. In all of his business affairs he
displays a progressive spirit and keeps in touch with every improvement
that has to do with farm life.

Mr. Yeend has been married twice. He first wedded Miss Anna M. Harper
and to them were born two children: Charles E.; and Helen, the wife of
Arthur Anderson. The wife and mother passed away and in 1901 Mr. Yeend
was again married, his second union being with Miss Mary Loland, a
native of Washington. They have become parents of six children: Cleola
M., Roland A., Allen C., Wilbur H., Lowell W. and Howard S.

Mr. and Mrs. Yeend are members of the Nazarene church. Mr. Yeend votes
with the republican party and has served on the census board, filling
that position in 1900. He is not active in politics, however, preferred
to concentrate his time and energies upon his farming interests, and by
his close application in business affairs and his unremitting industry
he has won a very gratifying measure of success, being now numbered
among the substantial and prosperous agriculturists of Walla Walla
county.

WILLIS RESER.

Willis Reser is engaged in general farming and stock raising on section
5, township 6 north, range 35 east, Walla Walla county. He has been a
resident of the Walla Walla valley since 1863 and in the intervening
period, covering fifty-four years, has been closely and prominently
identified with its agricultural development.

He was born in Davis county, Iowa, December 29, 1856, and is a son of
George and Mary (Waterman) Reser, who are mentioned in connection with
the sketch of their son, William Reser, on another page of this work.
The family arrived in the Walla Walla valley in 1863, so that Willis
Reser was here reared and educated. He became familiar with every
phase of pioneer life and with the arduous task of developing a new
farm. When he had attained his majority he began farming on his own
account and later purchased the property upon which he now resides, a
tract of one hundred and sixty acres which constituted his father's
old homestead. Upon this place he has since lived and he also has a
residence in Walla Walla, which he occupies a part of the time. He
carries on general agricultural pursuits and stock raising and he has
brought his fields under a high state of cultivation. In his pastures
are found good grades of stock and everything about his place indicates
the owner to be a man of progressive spirit and one who is thoroughly
familiar with the line of work in which he engages. He has closely
studied the soil and climatic conditions in relation to the production
of crops and he has made an equally close study of the best methods of
stock raising. Success is therefore attending his efforts and he is
numbered among the substantial farmers of this section of the state.

In May, 1884, Mr. Reser was united in marriage to Miss Mima Kirkland,
who was born in Oregon, a daughter of Joseph E. and Mary (Standefer)
Kirkland. The father was a native of Illinois but was reared
principally in Arkansas and crossed the plains in the '50s. The journey
was made with teams over the long, hot stretches of sand and across
the mountain passes until ultimately he reached Oregon. Still later
he removed to Walla Walla county and settled upon a farm. Joseph E.
Kirkland was an attorney by profession and engaged in the practice of
law for several years in addition to the conduct of his agricultural
interests. To Mr. and Mrs. Reser have been born four children: George,
who is now located in Detroit, Michigan; Joseph, deceased; one who died
in infancy; and Willis H., who is still at home.

Mrs. Reser is a member of the Congregational church and is a lady of
many admirable traits of character who enjoys the warm regard of a
large circle of friends. Politically Mr. Reser gives his support to
the democratic party. He served for some years as a member of the
school board but has always preferred that his public service should be
done as a private citizen rather than as an office holder. He stands
loyally, however, for what he believes to be for the best interests
of the community and through the long years of his residence in this
county he has given his aid and influence in behalf of those projects
and measures which he has believed would prove of greatest benefit
to the section. The county to which he came in 1863 bore little
resemblance to the highly developed district which is here seen today.
He has witnessed all of the changes which have occurred in the interim
and can speak with authority upon many events which have shaped the
history of Walla Walla county.

GILBERT HUNT.

Gilbert Hunt solely through his own efforts gained a place among the
industrial leaders of Walla Walla, being the head of a company known
as the largest manufacturers of farm machinery in the northwest, and
he was equally prominent in civic affairs, serving for three terms as
mayor. He was born in Ryegate, Vermont, January 27, 1855, a son of
Solomon Sherman and Katherine Hunt. He was reared in a home where as
he studied he was taught to work hard, think deeply and live simply,
and his life was characterized by the "plain living and high thinking"
characteristic of New England. The family were in limited financial
circumstances and he early began to do his part toward providing for
his own support. The first work that he performed for others was
pasturing the cattle of the villagers, driving them to pasture in the
early morning and returning with them in the evening. Later he worked
his way through the academy at Peacham and each week end walked home, a
distance of ten miles, in order to give his father the benefit of his
labor on Saturday.

[Illustration: GILBERT HUNT]

In early manhood Mr. Hunt was employed for some time as a millwright,
later engaged in the manufacture of washboards, and he was also for
a time a furniture painter and an organ tuner. During these early
years he had to contend not only against poverty but also against
ill health and at length it became necessary that he have outdoor
employment and accordingly he peddled tinware through the country. At
length, having received very favorable reports of Walla Walla from the
Rev. Cobleigh, pastor of the Congregational church here and formerly
pastor of the church in McIndoes, Vermont, Mr. Hunt decided to try his
fortune in this new western country. After a journey of three weeks he
reached this city and found work in the Glasford planing mill, which,
however, shut down in the autumn. Although somewhat discouraged, he
was dissuaded from carrying out his determination of going elsewhere
by a merchant of the city and gradually he gained a foothold and in
time became the head of the Gilbert Hunt Company, one of the largest
industrial concerns of the entire northwest and the largest producers
of farm machinery in this section. Mr. Hunt not only proved himself
an executive of great force but also a successful inventor and was
the originator of the Pride of Washington thresher. The memory of his
early struggles remained with him and when boys applied for work in the
"Hunt shops" and the foreman said that they had no vacancies Mr. Hunt
gave orders that work be found in some way in order to give the boys a
chance.

This desire to be of assistance found expression in many ways and
there was no project for the advancement of his city that failed to
receive his hearty support. In many instances Mr. Hunt initiated and
carried to successful completion movements for public improvements,
such as the paving of the center business district, the extension of
the water system providing for the present intake twelve miles above
the city, the betterment of the sewage system, the securing of the
Carnegie library and the establishment of public parks. He was one of
the most effective workers for well advised publicity for Walla Walla
and its surrounding territory and recognized the value of building up a
reputation for Walla Walla as a good convention city. For three terms
he served as mayor and one who knew him for thirty years said of him
in that connection: "Gilbert Hunt brought to the office of mayor long
training and experience in large business affairs and great executive
and administrative ability. He was a man of fine presence, meeting
people easily and agreeably, was informed as to his official duties,
had a clear idea of the things to be done, and inspired confidence in
his ability to do them."

Mr. Hunt was married in McIndoes, Vermont, June 10, 1876, to Miss
Hopie M. Osgood, who is descended from Revolutionary ancestry. To this
marriage were born four children, of whom three survive: Mabelle H.,
the wife of Wilbur A. Toner, an attorney of Walla Walla; Eugene A., who
married Jessie M. Babcock, a daughter of W. H. Babcock, of Walla Walla,
and is now living in Hong-kong, China, engaged in the exporting and
importing business; and Marguerite A., the wife of Gus Meese, Jr., of
Spokane, Washington.

Mr. Hunt was a prominent Mason and was devoted to the order, which he
recognized as a great force for good. He was master of Walla Walla
Lodge, No. 7, F. & A. M., for seven years, was a Knight Templar and was
also connected with the Mystic Shrine. In early manhood he belonged to
the Congregational church but later was one of the organizers and the
first president of the Christian Science church of Walla Walla. He
manifested the keenest interest in educational matters and for eight
years served on the board of education, during which time the High and
Green Park school buildings were erected, and he was also connected in
an official capacity with Whitman College, being a member of its board
of trustees at the time of his death. He passed away December 15, 1914,
and the grief felt by his many friends found expression in words of
love and admiration for his splendid qualities. An editorial writer in
the Portland Journal said: "Not alone in public service did his great
heart beat, but the life of many an individual was made brighter by
a helpful word and a charitable hand." A well known educator who had
known him for twenty-five years wrote as follows: "I always found his
wit, his geniality, his ready sympathy, his practical sagacity, his
helpfulness, sources of strength and encouragement. In the great loss
which his family, his friends, the community has suffered in his death
we may assuredly find solace in the hope that those qualities which we
loved in him are enduring."

PHILIP J. PENTECOST.

Philip J. Pentecost is now living retired in Walla Walla but for many
years was actively and successfully identified with farming interests.
He was born in Dodge county, Wisconsin, December 13, 1856, a son of
William C. and Jemima (Wilcox) Pentecost, the former a native of
Somersetshire, England, while the latter was born near Utica, New York.
The father came to the United States when a lad of fourteen years in
company with his parents and settled in New York, where he afterward
married. Two children were born to him and his wife in the Empire
state. Later he removed to Dodge county, Wisconsin, and in the spring
of 1875 became a resident of Seattle, Washington. Soon afterward he
went to Portland, Oregon, and still later to Albany, where he and his
wife spent the summer. In the following fall they came northward to
Walla Walla, looking for a suitable location, and soon after reaching
this place the father and his son, Philip J., went up to Spokane,
leaving the family in Walla Walla. They returned just before Christmas
and spent the winter in this city. The following spring, however, they
returned to Seattle, where they remained for a few weeks and thence
removed to Forest Grove, Oregon. During their roamings they managed
through their work to get together a spike team, consisting of three
horses, one leading other two, and after spending the summer in Forest
Grove they again came to Walla Walla, driving through by team. After
passing through the Indian reservation they reached the Walla Walla
valley. The mother was riding in the back of the wagon with the front
cover drawn, but just before reaching the valley she had raised the
cover to look out and soon remarked, "I should think all the children
could find homes here," and a few moments later one of the sons said to
her that they had reached their camping place. She did not reply and
they found that she was dead, having expired from heart disease in the
few moments after speaking to them. The family brought the body on to
Walla Walla for interment. They spent the winter in the town and in the
spring of 1877 Mr. Pentecost purchased a tract of four hundred acres of
choice land located in Spring Valley, about eight miles northeast of
the city, on the Waitsburg road. He contracted for this land at a basis
of seven dollars per acre, to be paid for with wheat at fifty cents per
bushel.

[Illustration: PHILIP J. PENTECOST]

[Illustration: MRS. PHILIP J. PENTECOST]

This land was afterward paid for by Philip J. Pentecost and an older
brother, Charles N., and thus came into their possession. For thirty
years the two brothers cooperated in their farming enterprise and
in the meantime added to their holdings until the place comprised a
thousand acres. Charles N. Pentecost afterward acquired extensive land
holdings elsewhere and Philip J. Pentecost purchased his interest in
the Walla Walla county farm, which he still owns independently. He also
has four hundred acres on Blue Creek which is largely grazing land
and on which he runs as high as a hundred head of cattle at a time.
About 1901 he left the farm and took up his abode in the city in order
to give his children better educational opportunities and since then
has resided in Walla Walla, having a handsome residence at 603 Cherry
street. He also owns four other city residences. For the past seven
years he has rented his farm lands and has practically lived retired.