part in the Cayuse Indian war and in 1848 made his way northward and

settled on what is now the city of Walla Walla in Walla Walla county,

Washington. The previous year the Whitman massacre occurred. He became

familiar with every phase of pioneer life and bravely met all of its

hardships and privations. He was married about 1850 and for some years

lived in Corvallis, Oregon. He had been engaged in teaching in the east

and was identified with educational work for several years after his

removal to Oregon. In later years he was elected county superintendent

of schools of Benton county, Oregon, and he was also appointed the

first probate judge of that county. In 1866 he became a member of

the board of county commissioners of Umatilla county, Oregon, and he

was one of those who were most earnest and effective in securing the

establishment of the county seat at Pendleton. Indeed he was recognized

as a very prominent and influential citizen of Oregon, where he

remained until 1877, when he removed to Columbia county, Washington.

Taking up his abode in Dayton, he was soon thereafter elected justice

of the peace and served in that office for many years. His decisions

were strictly fair and impartial, being based upon the law and the

equity in the case, and that he enjoyed the full confidence of the

public is indicated by his long retention on the justice bench. Death

called him in 1898 and his widow, surviving for about a decade, passed

away in 1908.

[Illustration: EDWARD W. CLARK]

Edward W. Clark was reared under the parental roof and completed his

education in the Dayton high school. In 1886 he took up the study of

law, reading under the preceptorship of Judge M. M. Godman, of Dayton,

and in 1888 he was admitted to the bar, after which he opened a law

office in Dayton, his ability placing him, through the intervening

years, in the front ranks of the profession. He served for ten years

as prosecuting attorney of Columbia county and for five years was

city attorney of Dayton. He was also for one year city clerk and at

the present writing is a member of the board of education, in which

position he has continuously served since 1893. The public school

system indeed finds in him a stalwart champion and one whose efforts in

its behalf have been characterized by marked progress.

On the 28th of February, 1892, Mr. Clark was united in marriage to Miss

Nellie B. Gritman, of Dayton, a daughter of Delos W. and Mary (Davis)

Gritman. Her father, who was one of the successful agriculturists and

prominent citizens of Columbia county, served for a number of years as

a member of the board of county commissioners and was widely recognized

as a man of sterling character and genuine worth. Mr. and Mrs. Clark

have a son, Roscoe L., who was graduated from Whitman College with the

class of 1915 and is now a student in the medical department of the

University of Pennsylvania at Philadelphia.

Fraternally Mr. Clark is connected with Dayton Camp, No. 95, W. O. W.;

with Dayton Circle, No. 238, Women of Woodcraft; and with Dayton Lodge,

No. 3, K. P. He ranks with the leading and representative residents of

Dayton because of his loyalty in citizenship, because of his genuine

personal worth and also by reason of his professional ability. He

is a man of well balanced intellect, thoroughly familiar with the

law, possessed also of comprehensive general information and of an

analytical mind. He is recognized as a formidable adversary in legal

combat but one who at all times holds to the highest standards of the

profession, his record reflecting credit upon the history of the bench

and bar of Washington.

BERT THOMAS, M. D.

Dr. Bert Thomas, occupying a leading position among the most capable

and successful medical practitioners of Walla Walla, is well qualified

in all those particulars which make for advancement in his chosen

profession. His liberal preparatory training well qualified him at the

outset of his professional career and in the intervening period he has

studied closely and read broadly, thus keeping in touch with the trend

of modern professional progress. He was born in Walla Walla county,

March 4, 1874. His father, Alfred Thomas, a native of Kentucky, was

born in 1828 and in the spring of 1870 made his way to the northwest,

becoming identified with agricultural interests in this county. Here he

spent his remaining days, covering a period of more than a quarter of

a century, his death occurring in 1896. His wife, who bore the maiden

name of Eleanor Lewis, was born in Iowa and has also passed away.

Dr. Thomas of this review was one of a family of twelve children, six

of whom are yet living and all are residents of Walla Walla county. He

acquired a common school education and afterward entered the Whitman

College, from which in due time he was graduated. He next became a

student in the University of Michigan, matriculating in the medical

department, from which he was graduated with the class of 1904. He then

put his theoretical knowledge to the practical test in a year's service

in a hospital in Jackson, Michigan, and gained the broad and valuable

knowledge and experience which can never be as quickly acquired in

any other way as in hospital work. On the expiration of that period

he returned to Walla Walla, where he has since practiced medicine and

surgery, and throughout the intervening years he has maintained a

place in the front ranks of the profession. He is very careful in the

diagnosis of his cases and seldom, if ever, at fault in matters of

professional judgment. He belongs to the Walla Walla Valley Medical

Society, the Washington State Medical Association and the American

Medical Association and thus keeps abreast with modern thought,

investigation and research.

Dr. Thomas married Miss Orville Green, who was born in Walla Walla, a

daughter of W. O. and Mary F. (Young) Green, who were pioneers of this

county, having crossed the plains in 1852. Dr. Thomas belongs to the

Masonic fraternity and is a faithful exemplar of the teachings of the

craft. His entire life measures up to high standards and those whom he

has met in social relations entertain for him the warmest friendship

and regard, for his salient qualities are those which make for personal

popularity.

PATRICK O'CONNOR.

Patrick O'Connor, deceased, was an enterprising and successful farmer

and stock raiser of Columbia county and his name deserves a place upon

the pages of its history. He was born in County Tipperary, Ireland,

March 16, 1850, and was reared in the land of his birth. On reaching

the age of sixteen, however, he determined to try his fortune in

the new world, for he had heard favorable reports concerning its

opportunities and advantages. On reaching American shores he at

once crossed the continent to the Pacific coast and located in San

Francisco, California, where he remained for nine years. He was there

employed in a boiler factory and at street car work. After spending

over five years in that city he came northward to Walla Walla in 1880

with the intention of returning to San Francisco but found Walla

Walla to his liking and took up his abode there. He was made section

foreman for the Union Pacific Railway and for a considerable period

was active in that connection. In subsequent years he made several

removals, living for a short time in Dayton and a short time on the

present home ranch near Starbuck. In 1896 he took up his abode on his

Columbia county farm, first purchasing forty-six acres of land. To

this, however, he added from time to time as his financial resources

permitted until at his death he was the owner of an excellent tract

of land of two hundred and sixty-seven acres, upon which he engaged

extensively in stock raising and in the growing of alfalfa. In business

affairs he was energetic and determined. He allowed no obstacles nor

difficulties to bar his path if they could be overcome by persistent

and earnest effort. He worked diligently and as the years passed on

gained a place among the substantial farmers of his adopted county,

his attention being given to general agricultural pursuits and stock

raising until his death, which occurred May 7, 1910.

[Illustration: MR. AND MRS. PATRICK O'CONNOR]

On the 30th of December, 1889, Mr. O'Connor was joined in wedlock to

Miss Mary McGreevy, who was born in Iowa and came to Washington in

1887, locating on the present site of Jackson's Siding in Columbia

county, where lived her uncle, Daniel McGreevy. Mr. and Mrs. O'Connor

had one son, Daniel A., who is now operating the home farm.

In politics Mr. O'Connor was a stalwart democrat, giving unfaltering

allegiance to the principles of his party. He served for some years

as road supervisor and made an excellent official in that connection.

In fact he was a progressive and public-spirited citizen, giving

helpful aid to all movements for the advancement of the community. He

belonged to the Catholic church, of which his widow and son are also

communicants. The family has long been well known in Columbia county

and, like her husband, Mrs. O'Connor enjoys the respect and goodwill of

those with whom she has been brought in contact.

ALBERT M. JENSEN.

Albert M. Jensen, head of the A. M. Jensen Company of Walla Walla,

was born in Denmark in 1868 and at the age of fourteen years began

work in a general store. His life has been one of continuous business

activity since that time. Coming to the new world in 1890, he settled

in Minnesota and was employed by one of the largest department stores

in St. Paul for eighteen years. He began work there as general utility

boy, was advanced to the position of salesman and later became a buyer

and department manager, and while thus engaged he made various trips to

New York and abroad for his firm.

In 1910 Mr. Jensen came to Walla Walla and organized the A. M. Jensen

Company, which then bought out the Skiles Dry Goods Company, which had

been established in 1905 on a very small scale. The floor space now in

use for the display and sale of women's merchandise is approximately

fifteen thousand square feet.

In 1897 Mr. Jensen was united in marriage to Miss Effie Byland, who

was born in Shelbyville, Indiana, and they have three children: Leon,

Everett and Gladys. Mr. Jensen is a member of the First Presbyterian

church, is a Scottish Rite Mason and member of the Mystic Shrine

and also of the Odd Fellows lodge. In politics he is an independent

republican but has never sought or held office. His military record

covers six months' service in the Danish navy before coming to the

United States. He has taken considerable interest in civic affairs and

for several years was a member of the board of trustees of the Walla

Walla Commercial Club and served for one year as its president. He is

always anxious and willing to help wherever necessary for the good of

the city, state or country and acted as chairman and member of several

important Liberty Loan and Food Conservation sub-committees.

JOHN H. EDWARDS.

One of the well improved farm properties of Walla Walla county is

that owned by John H. Edwards, an enterprising, alert and energetic

agriculturist, whose home is on section 30, township 9 north, range

34 east. He is there extensively engaged in wheat growing and also in

stock raising.

Mr. Edwards was born in Texas, March 8, 1859, a son of John C. and

Sarah (Hillard) Edwards, the former a native of Tennessee, while the

latter was born in Alabama. They removed to Texas in 1858 and while

residing in that state the mother was called to her final rest. The

father passed away in Tennessee, having returned to his native state.

In their family were seven children, but only three of the number are

now living.

John H. Edwards was largely reared and educated in Tennessee, having

the usual opportunities and experiences of the farmbred boy. He was a

young man of twenty-three years when he determined to try his fortune

in the northwest and made his way to Walla Walla county, settling upon

the farm on which he now resides in the fall of 1883. It has since been

his home, and adding to his holdings from time to time as his financial

resources have permitted, he has become the owner of thirty-four

hundred acres of valuable wheat and pasture land. He has great broad

fields, devoted to the raising of wheat, and rich pastures, in which

are found large herds of cattle. He makes a specialty of raising Durham

cattle and he is also engaged in raising Percheron horses and high

grade hogs. He has improved his ranch with modern buildings. There is

a commodious and attractive residence, in the rear of which stand good

barns and outbuildings for the shelter of grain and stock, and these in

turn are surrounded by broad fields, highly cultivated.

Mr. Edwards was united in marriage to Mrs. Margaret Woods and to them

have been born two sons. Earl J., who is a graduate of the high school,

was married in 1915 and has a son, Edwin. Eldon H., the younger son, is

also a high school graduate.

[Illustration: JOHN H. EDWARDS]

[Illustration: MRS. JOHN H. EDWARDS]

Mr. Edwards is deeply interested in the cause of education, has served

as school director, and has put forth every effort in his power to

give his sons good opportunities, thus qualifying them for life's

practical and responsible duties. He votes with the republican party

but has never been an office seeker. He and his wife hold membership

in the Christian church and are loyal to its teachings, while to its

support they make generous contribution. The conditions which he found

in the northwest gave him the opportunities which he sought and in

their utilization he has worked his way steadily upward. His handclasp,

however, is as warm for his friend in a threadbare coat as for the

prosperous business friend of his later years. He appreciates what it

means to overcome difficulties, having had his own hard times and his

own life is organized along lines that have called for a full dole

of labor with every turn of the wheel. In social intercourse he is

genial, kindly and humanly sympathetic, while his business affairs are

characterized by the most rigid integrity.

WILLIAM W. WALTER.

William W. Walter, an honored pioneer of Washington, was born in Wayne

county, Indiana, September 7, 1827. He was a descendant through his

mother, Rachel Doddridge, of the Doddridge family of England. The

name of Phillip Doddridge is common in the Walter family and every

branch of the family has one child bearing the name of Doddridge. The

father, William Walter, Sr., was a Virginian who lived for a time in

Maryland and afterwards became a resident of Ohio and still later of

Indiana, where his son, William W. Walter, was born. When the latter

was eight years of age the family removed to Iowa, which was then a

wild, unclaimed country. In 1845 the spirit of emigration swept over

the east and Mr. Walter, then a youth of seventeen years, was among

those who desired to see the great country beyond the Rocky mountains.

His father, being of a roving turn of mind, decided to emigrate. That

spring all was made ready and soon they had started on that long and

perilous journey. Several families of the relatives, with many others,

formed a company of about sixty-five wagons and elected Sol Tetheroe,

a man experienced in that line of work, as their captain. They moved

in order, stood guard every night to avoid surprise, and parties of

hunters were organized to furnish game for the camp. The first part

of the journey was very pleasant. Dancing on the green at night and

hunting big game by day was very pleasing to the youngsters at least.

Buffaloes were so plentiful there was often trouble keeping them out of

camp. As they traveled along immense herds would come bearing down on

the train, when riders would be sent out and guns fired to turn them

from their course and save the train from being run down and trampled

by the huge beasts. On the eastern slope the company experienced the

first Indian scare. They were in the Crow country and Indians had been

in sight all day, skirting around in small parties. Late in the day

several hundred Indians confronted them, yelling and beating drums

and dashing wildly toward them. The emigrants thought an attack was

imminent and corralled the wagons, thus making a fortification. They

placed the women and children in the circle and the men made ready

to fight. Then a Rocky Mountain man named Greenwood, who was acting

as guide, rode out to meet the Indians and called a council. After

a talk the Indians dispersed although they had intended an attack.

Only the influence of Greenwood, whose wife was a Crow Indian, saved

them from serious trouble. The greatest excitement on the trip was

caused by a stampede of the teams. One never experiencing a stampede

cannot form any idea of the terror and danger. There seems to be a

sort of animal telepathy among cattle, so that at a signal from one,

a thousand head will go wild in an instant. Then imagine if you can a

train of sixty-five wagons with from five to ten yoke of oxen to a

wagon tearing along the prairie at full speed, teams doubling, passing

each other, tearing off wheels, amid the screams of children scattered

along the way. Some teams ran two miles before stopping, yet with it

all no one was killed, although one woman had a leg broken and several

wagons were demolished. It took some time to get in moving order again

and mothers were looking for their children and the babies crying for

their mothers. The excitement was intense and it was an experience

never to be forgotten. At length, however, the party moved on again.

At Fort Hall they met Steve Meek, a brother of Joe Meek, who agreed to

show them a new route to Oregon bearing more to the south, crossing

the Cascade mountains near the head waters of the Willamette, thus

avoiding the Blue mountains. He made the proposed route appear so

feasible that they followed him, leaving the old trail near Boise,

Idaho. They followed the Mathew river to the south and west and soon

found themselves in a trackless desert of sagebrush, rock and sand

but with little feed for the stock, and to add to their troubles they

could no longer find water. They traveled on and on, sending men ahead

to search for water. These men returned and reported water forty miles

ahead, so that the party traveled all night to reach it. While encamped

there resting, a man herding the cattle picked up a large nugget of

gold and from that find originated the famous blue nugget gold find,

but the spot has never been located again, at least no mine has been

discovered. People starving would not remember places very well as they

were more anxious about something to eat. The party forced the guide

to pilot them to The Dalles, which he did. When at last they reached

the Deschuttes river they were in a pitiable condition, many being

sick from lack of food. There they lashed wagon boxes together for a

raft and ferried over their effects, swimming the cattle. Finally they

arrived at The Dalles, where they cut trees in the forest, made rafts

of the logs, loaded wagons and families on them and proceeded to float

down the Columbia, while the boys and younger men drove the cattle down

the trails. The rafts were tied up at night and camp made on shore.

It now began to rain and food was almost an unknown article. They had

had no bread for weeks. Those are the hardships which try men's souls

and show what stuff they are made of. When they reached the Cascades

they made the portage with the teams over the muddiest roads ever

seen, it requiring three days to travel six miles. Their only food

until they reached Vancouver was a salmon now and then purchased of

the Indians. Dr. McLoughlin came to their relief most nobly when they

reached Vancouver. They afterwards moved out to the Tualitin plains, in

Washington county, Oregon, and settled on as fine land as ever lay out

of doors. The principal food supply that winter was boiled wheat and

potatoes, with plenty of deer meat. The following year was a prosperous

one and the hardships were forgotten and life in the main was a happy

existence. In the fall of 1847 the news of the Whitman massacre reached

that country. The people were wild with excitement and a company of

volunteers was organized. All were eager to join it. Mr. Walter joined

and served through the war.

In 1849 the discovery of gold in California caused great excitement

and all the young men and many older ones rushed to the gold mines.

Mr. Walter went in 1850. They traveled by land through the Rogue river

country, where the treacherous Indian lurked at every turn. Mr. Walter

had some thrilling adventures with the Indians. At one time he and a

companion rode all one day and night with their guns ready for use.

They saw many Indians in ambush watching them and their only theory

concerning the failure of the red men to attack was the belief that

there was a large party coming behind the two lone riders. The two

young men lived in the open and their amusements were hunting bears,

panthers and Indians. They mined on the American river, having fair

luck, and afterwards remaining in California for a year returned to

Oregon.

In 1856 William Walter married Miss Charity A. Marsh, a student in

the Forest Grove Academy. She was a native of Michigan and crossed

the plains in 1852. Following their marriage they removed to Douglas

county, Oregon, where they remained a few years, and in March, 1860,

arrived in Walla Walla county, Washington. After reaching Walla Walla

county Mr. Walter engaged in cattle growing, in which he prospered.

By 1861 he had a fine herd and was for those times a wealthy man, but

an unusually severe winter came on, causing most of his herd to die.

Broken in resources and in spirit, he gathered the remainder of his

herd, numbering about thirty head of cattle and these he sold. He then

bought a pack train of his own and became one of the earliest packers

in this region and developed a business of extensive proportions in

that connection. He hauled supplies to nearly all the mines in the

surrounding states. Many strenuous and trying experiences came to him,

for robbers were numerous and these road agents were always alert for

the returning pack train to haul in the returns of the pack sales

through their robbery, attaining their end, if necessary, by murder.

Mr. Walter was a man of fine physique and great strength and his

physical prowess often served to protect him. While the husband and

father was away on his pack train trips, which often lasted for six or

more months, the pioneer mother, left alone with her small children,

with many hostile Indians about, had to bear heavy burdens in order to

care for and protect the interests of her frontier home.

Four of their children are still living on or near the old homestead on

the Touchet. The eldest, Mrs. O. M. Fine, was born in Douglas county,

Oregon, July 12, 1857. Mrs. Kate W. Pettijohn was born in Douglas

county, Oregon, December 18, 1858. Mrs. Fanny Dunlap was born in Walla

Walla county, October 31, 1866, and John Doddridge Walter is also a

native of Walla Walla county, born December 8, 1869.

W. W. Walter and his family were among the earliest settlers in the

valley. At that time Walla Walla was but a little garrison town and the

many flourishing towns of the present were unknown. On the Touchet,

near a big spring, Mr. Walter built his first cabin of logs with a

thatched roof covered with dirt. The earth served for a floor. They

were very comfortable during the summer but when the fall rains set

in there was trouble, for the roof would leak for several days after

all was fair outside. Moreover, the snakes deemed the roof no bad

place for a home and one morning while the family were enjoying their

breakfast one of the reptiles caused a commotion, especially among

the feminine portion of the family, by wriggling through the roof and

dropping on the table. This necessitated a new roof and a trip to the

Blue mountains for shakes. An Indian trail ran in front of the cabin

door and on Sunday droves of Indians would pass by on their way to the

home of Rev. H. H. Spalding, a half mile below, to hear him preach.

The settlers also attended the services, for the sermons were spoken

in English, an interpreter repeating them to the Indians. The singing

of these Indians, led by Mrs. Spalding and her daughter, Amelia, will

ever be a sweet memory, for their voices were soft and low. Visiting

in those days meant more than a ceremonious call. A carriage was

unknown in these parts and people usually traveled on horseback, even

children learning to manage a horse at a very early age. People came

from afar to visit and stayed for days and surprise parties and dances

were frequent occurrences. In 1862, the neighborhood having become

quite thickly settled, the number of children of school age demanded

a school, so several of the leading citizens called a meeting to

devise ways and means. They had no organized district and no public

money. They went into the woods, cut cottonwood logs, drew them to

a designated place and erected a schoolhouse in the dooryard of Mr.

Walter. The roof was of shakes made in the Blue mountains and hauled

down. The heating plant was a huge fireplace in the east end of the

building, built of sod and the chimney was of sticks and mud. A log was

cut out in the north wall and a row of eight by ten inch window panes

fitted in and this furnished the only light except the open door. The

seats were of puncheon. A subscription was taken up to pay the teacher,

who was a Virginian with a very pronounced southern accent. The old

elementary spelling book was the principal textbook. There are still

many persons living who received their first lessons in this little log

schoolhouse. Later a district was organized and a schoolhouse built

a mile or so up the valley near the center of the neighborhood. The

Walter family experienced the usual incidents and hardships of pioneer

life. The nearest physician was at the garrison of Fort Walla Walla

and a rider was sent there for aid on more than one occasion, yet

altogether those were happy days. The whole wide country lay before

them and everyone for miles around was friend and neighbor. Where today

are seen immense wheat fields in those days there were seas of waving

bunch grass. The hills were dotted with sleek cattle and horses and the

ever present cayuse, or Indian pony. In those days cattle was king and

times were good, although opportunities for an education were limited.

Only public schools were available and very few studies were taught.

The daughters in the Walter household had two winters in the Waitsburg

public schools, which ended their attempt to acquire an education,

although later they studied at home, especially history, rhetoric and

the languages, although they had no teacher to assist them.

In 1861 the Civil war broke out, Washington's citizens had come

from every state in the Union and their opinions were accordingly

diversified. The patriotic contingent decided that they should have a

flag, so the material was purchased and a sewing bee was held at the

home of S. H. Erwin, where they made a flag, every stitch by hand.

The thirty-four stars were whipstitched on the blue field and with

patience and perseverance the stripes were set together. The old flag

is still in existence though largely in tatters today. It has played

a prominent part on the Fourth of July celebrations and is a valued

pioneer memento. At the second election of President Lincoln the news

was brought across the continent by pony express. Some one caught the

word at Walla Walla and rode to the Touchet, stopping at each door

with a shout and waving of the hat, telling the glad news and then

passing on. The neighbors bore the flag to the schoolhouse, hoisted and

unfurled it there, took off their hats and saluted with cheers, while

the children marched around Old Glory, singing "Rally Round the Flag

Boys." While the west was rejoicing over peace having been established

once more the direful news was flashed over the country that Lincoln

had been assassinated. Again the news was long on the way and again

a rider brought in the word from Walla Walla, but there was no shout

of joy or waving of flags as on the former occasion. A number of men,

however, came to the schoolhouse and raised the old flag until it hung

at half mast. The sturdy pioneers stood with bowed heads and solemn

countenances, while the children were awed and half afraid, not knowing

what it all meant.

Some time in the middle '60s the settlers conceived the idea of

celebrating the Fourth of July, so the neighbors gathered at the home

of Mr. Walter and proceeded to clear out a grove near the Big Spring,

where they fitted up seats and a platform. People gathered from all

parts of the valley, stage loads coming from Walla Walla, and Judge

J. H. Lasater was the speaker of the day with "Uncle Billy" Smith,

of Waitsburg, as master of ceremonies, while J. M. Hedrick read the

Declaration of Independence and Jonathan Pettijohn and William Smith

were also among those who spoke. A public dinner was served, all being

invited to take part at one long table, and in the evening a dance was

enjoyed by all. To that celebration the families came in wagons and

the young people on horseback and they were among the happiest and

most care-free people in the world. The people in this country went

through the reconstruction period in a different way from the east and

lawlessness reigned for a time. The chief offences were murder and

horse stealing and as gold was discovered in Idaho and Walla Walla

became an outfitting place for miners the town became infested with

thieves, gamblers and gunmen. Then the Vigilantes came into existence

as a protection to life and property and were very effective in ridding

the country of its undesirable element. In the late '60s their work was

done and the country took on a normal tone. Business enterprises were

started, farms opened up where stock had previously ranged and wheat

raising was begun with success. Today wheat is king and, like all of

the west, stock raising has become largely a thing of the past in Walla

Walla county, as have the cowboy and the Indian.

William Walter never left the home he had made for himself and family.

His wife passed away December 23, 1897, and he continued to live on the

old place with his youngest daughter until September 23, 1906, when he

passed on. He was a man of sterling worth, a steadfast friend, doing

his part in all affairs of public interest, was most hospitable in his

home and he and his wife took the greatest pleasure in entertaining

their friends. Their home was the gathering place for all the young

people of the countryside.

While Mr. Walter volunteered to find the murderers of Dr. Whitman,

whom he knew personally, he was a friend to the Indians as a whole

and had some stanch friends among them, some of whom came to camp by

his door until the time of his death. He attended the ceremonies at

the erection of the monument to Dr. Whitman and the other martyrs and

he was one of the party who buried the remains of Dr. Whitman and his

wife. He became a member of the first organization of Pioneers of Walla

Walla and was also a member of the Oregon Pioneers' Association. In

1880 the first railroad was built in the Touchet valley and little

towns were started, among them Prescott, which became quite a railroad

town with roundhouse and machine shops. It was filled with railroad

men and cowboys which formed two factions, and as the town boasted

three saloons and was wide open, a clash was due to come occasionally.

Prescott went through all the phases of a frontier town, with gambling

houses, etc., had her quota of murders and robberies until the boom

dropped out, when it seemed for a time that the town was doomed to die

a natural death. Then a new era came. The place began to revive, a good

school was built, churches were established, the surrounding country

was planted to wheat to furnish grain for one of the largest mills in

the country, responsible men took hold of the business enterprises and

today Prescott is one of the most thriving little towns in the county.

The children of William Walter, having been reared in this valley,

have seen all of the changes wrought in the last half-century. They

have seen the wild, unbroken prairies developed to their present high

state of cultivation and the eldest daughter, Mrs. Fine, still lives

on a part of the old homestead. She is the mother of eight sons and

a daughter, all grown to manhood and womanhood and all married and

settled in homes of their own, with the exception of one. Mrs. Dunlap,

another daughter, lives in the house in which she was born. J. D.

Walter, the only son, also occupies a part of the old homestead and

is mentioned elsewhere in this work. The other daughter, who in 1890

became the wife of John H. Pettijohn, is living on a homestead which

was taken up in 1880 and they occupy an attractive little residence in

which they expect to spend their declining years. The Walter family has

indeed played an important part in the progress and development of this

section of the country from the early days and the name is written high

on the roll of honored pioneer settlers.

JOHN D. WALTER.

John D. Walter is a resident farmer of Walla Walla county and a well

known representative of one of the honored pioneer families. He was

born December 8, 1869, on the farm which he yet owns and cultivates,

his parents being W. W. and Charity (Marsh) Walter, who in 1845 first

crossed the plains and who are mentioned at length on another page of

this work.

Spending his youthful days under the parental roof, John D. Walter

became largely familiar with many of the experiences which constituted

life for the pioneer. He was educated in the district schools, the

first school of the neighborhood being built in his father's dooryard.

He early became familiar with the best methods of tilling the soil and

caring for the crops and later he engaged in the butchering business

in Prescott and also devoted much time to buying and selling stock,

being thus occupied for twenty years. On the expiration of that period

he sold his business and turned his attention to farming on the old

home place. Today he owns five hundred acres of rich and valuable land

splendidly adapted to wheat raising and in addition he cultivates

another five hundred acre tract which he rents, so that he is most

extensively engaged in general farming. His crop is largely wheat and

owing to his indefatigable energy and intelligently directed labor his

efforts have been crowned with success. He is also engaged in stock

raising and keeps on his place high grade cattle, horses and hogs.

In 1898 Mr. Walter was united in marriage to Miss Lula R. McSherry, a

daughter of Nelson McSherry, mentioned elsewhere in this work. Mr. and

Mrs. Walter have become the parents of four children, Ernestine O.,

Helen and Leila, twins, and Camille.

The family is now living in the city of Walla Walla at No. 114 Colville

street. They attend the Presbyterian church and Mr. Walter belongs

to the Independent Order of Odd Fellows, to the Elks and Knights of

Pythias lodges. In the first named he has filled all of the chairs. His

political endorsement is given to the republican party and he keeps

well informed on the questions and issues of the day but does not seek

nor desire office as a reward for party fealty. His children possess

much musical talent, which is being thoroughly trained and cultivated.

The family, connected with Walla Walla county since early pioneer

times, has always kept pace with the trend of modern day thought and

progress. The work begun by the father has been carried forward by the

son, whose farm is today an expression of twentieth century methods in

agriculture.

A. C. SEMROW.

One who does not delve below the surface of things seldom stops to

consider what an important part the architect plays in the improvement

of a city. However, his labors constitute one of the strongest features

in its attractiveness, and in city building in the west there has been

most earnest effort put forth with a view to equalling everything

that is of convenience, comfort and beauty in the older structures of

the east, while at the same time modern progress adapts all building

operations to modern needs. It is in this field that A. C. Semrow has

labored and is now regarded as one of the most successful and capable

architects of Walla Walla. He was born in Milwaukee, Wisconsin, October

11, 1885, a son of August and Minnie Semrow. For the past twenty-five

years the father has been prominently identified with the building and

contracting business, ranking very high in connection with building

operations in Milwaukee.

A. C. Semrow spent his youthful days in his father's home and at the

usual age became a pupil in the public schools. He mastered the lessons

therein taught until he had become a high school pupil and when he

left that institution he had the benefit of a course of instruction in

the Milwaukee University. As early as his fourteenth year, however,

he became an assistant to his father in the contracting and building

business and at the same time he began his studies as an architectural

draftsman. He pursued his studies in the offices of some of the leading

architects of Milwaukee and of Chicago and he likewise pursued a course

in the Milwaukee University. He thus became thoroughly familiar with

the scientific principles which underlie his work and gained expert

knowledge of every phase of the profession. In April, 1914, well

qualified for his chosen calling, he came to the west, making Seattle,

Washington, his destination. There he opened an office but after a year

he removed from that city to Walla Walla, where he has since remained,

becoming widely and favorably known in professional connections.

Throughout the city are found many evidences of his skill and ability.

He has had the contract for designing and erecting some of the finest

structures of Walla Walla and his work has indeed added to the beauty

and attractiveness of the place.

On the 9th of May, 1911, Mr. Semrow was married to Miss Frances

Wiseman, of Seattle, Washington, a daughter of Richard B. Wiseman, who

was one of the pioneer residents of Walla Walla, locating here when the

city was a small town and when the work of progress and improvement

seemed scarcely begun. Subsequently he removed to Seattle, where he is

now engaged in the real estate business.

Mr. Semrow, as one of the representative young business men, has gained

a prominent position in public regard, for he has come to be recognized

as one who is thoroughly reliable as well as progressive and one whose

word is as trustworthy as any contract.

LOGAN P. MULKEY.

Logan P. Mulkey, who was one of the most successful business men of

Walla Walla, devoted his later years to the buying and selling of city

properties but previously operated a stock farm of twenty-five hundred

acres. His birth occurred in Corvallis, Oregon, December 24, 1853, and

he was a son of Johnson Mulkey, who crossed the plains three times, an

achievement the meaning of which the present generation can scarcely

realize, for at the present time the journey which a half century or

more ago meant months of weary traveling with the danger of attack by

Indians or of an outbreak of pestilence, is now a matter of a few days

and is made with the utmost comfort. Johnson Mulkey was a slaveholder

in Kentucky in the early days but freed all his slaves some years prior

to the Civil war, as he had become convinced that the practice of

holding men and women in bondage was wrong. However, such had been his

kindness to his slaves that one old mammy refused to leave the family

and accompanied them to the northwest. It was in 1845 that Mr. Mulkey

first came to Oregon territory and he was so pleased with conditions

in this section of the country that in 1846 he returned to Kentucky

in order to settle up his affairs and in 1847 he again made the long

journey to the west, this time accompanied by his family. His wife was

ill when they reached the Whitman home and made plans to remain there

until she recovered her health while the other members of the family

should continue their journey but later she decided to accompany them

and did so, thus escaping massacre at the hands of the Indians, for it

was only a short time later that the Whitmans were killed by the red

men. Mr. Mulkey located at Corvallis, Oregon, and in the succeeding

years acquired extensive farm, timber and sawmill properties, together

with valuable mining interests in Idaho. He became one of the wealthy

men of Oregon and at the time of his death in the winter of 1861-2

carried in his belt something more than seven thousand dollars in gold

dust. He had made a trip to some of his mining properties in Idaho and

on his return reached John Day, Oregon, about fifty miles from The

Dalles, where he became snowbound. Anxious to reach home as soon as

possible, he started overland on foot and, being weighted down by the

gold dust which he carried, he became exhausted and nearly perished

from the cold. His companions buried him in the snow and then hurried

for help to the home of William Graham, whose sons went after him and

brought him to the Graham home, where a few days later he died. This

was quite a coincidence, as it was years afterwards when Logan P.

Mulkey and Georgia Graham were married that the facts were discovered

that it was to her father's house that the dying man had been taken.

The body was buried in the cemetery at The Dalles.

[Illustration: LOGAN P. MULKEY]

[Illustration: MRS. LOGAN P. MULKEY]

Logan P. Mulkey received his education in the public schools of

Corvallis, Oregon, and also gained valuable training in self-reliance

and resourcefulness in the experiences which came to him in the

pioneer settlement in which he grew to manhood. On starting out on his

independent career he went to Pomeroy, Washington, where he became

connected with the hardware business, and for twelve years he was

engaged in that line. He erected one of the first store buildings in

Pomeroy and was quite prominent in the early commercial life of that

place. At length his health became impaired through close confinement

and he sold his hardware store and bought a stock ranch of some

twenty-five hundred acres seven miles from Pomeroy. For many years he

gave his attention to raising stock on an extensive scale but in 1903

he disposed of his land and removed to Walla Walla, where he became a

prominent operator in real estate, buying and selling city properties.

He was highly successful in that business but his prosperity was not

gained at the price of the failure of others, for he was never known to

take advantage of any man. If he had sold a property and the purchaser

found it difficult to make his payments at the time specified he was

given an extension of time and his terms were made easier. Mr. Mulkey's

high sense of honor and his probity inevitably won for him the respect

and the warm regard of those with whom he was brought in contact and

his friends were legion.

In 1885 Mr. Mulkey was united in marriage to Miss Georgia Graham, a

daughter of William Graham, who was also a pioneer of the northwest,

having crossed the plains from Ohio in 1852.

Mr. Graham was born in Wayne county, Ohio, in 1818, and at the age of

twenty-one years married Miss Harriet Duncan. They removed to Missouri,

where they spent seven years, and in 1852 started across the plains

to Oregon with three wagons and twelve head of cattle. This trip was

a very arduous one and while en route their money was stolen. Being a

very generous man, Mr. Graham picked up all stranded travelers from

other trains. He was accompanied by his wife and six children. In

crossing the Cascade mountains an ox fell exhausted and by hand the

wagons were lowered in order to proceed on their journey. The next

morning this ox had wandered away and a man bought the wagon and

brought the family to a place near Corvallis, for which Mr. Graham paid

him one hundred dollars. On the journey westward nearly all provisions

gave out and the men were forced to hunt in order to supply the party

with something to eat. While on one of these hunting trips five Indians

came and the women traded a wagon cover for flour. Mr. Graham took up

a homestead near Corvallis, not far from the mouth of the Deschutes

river, where he developed a fruit farm. In 1874 he came to Washington

and purchased a farm one and one-half miles from Dayton, where he spent

the remainder of his life. He died at the age of seventy-four years and

his wife at the age of seventy. In their family were eleven children,

of whom six are still living. Mr. and Mrs. Graham were both consistent

members of the Congregational church and were very hospitable people,

their home being always open to the travelers or newcomers of this

region.

To Mr. and Mrs. Mulkey were born five children, of whom four survive,

namely: Allen L., who operates a twenty-two hundred acre ranch in Walla

Walla county belonging to his mother; Frances, at home; Marion, who

volunteered June 1, 1917, and is now a member of Battery D, Twentieth

Field Artillery, stationed at Camp Stanley, Leon Springs, Texas; and

Helen, at home.

Mr. Mulkey was a member of the Knights of Pythias fraternity but was

not very active in the work of that organization, preferring to spend

his leisure time at home. One of his strongest characteristics was his

devotion to his family and to his friends and anything that he could

do to add to the pleasure of those whom he loved was a source of the

greatest satisfaction to him. His death occurred on the 7th of August,

1910, but his memory lives in the hearts of many.

Since her husband's death Mrs. Mulkey has personally managed the large

estate and in 1914 she erected the Mulkey apartments at No. 20 Park

street and the following year erected an apartment building on the

site of the old family home, which had been destroyed by fire, the new

building being entirely designed by her. These buildings are thoroughly

up-to-date and provided with all the improvements to be found in the

highest class apartments and are valuable assets of Walla Walla. In

addition to looking after her interests in connection with these

apartments Mrs. Mulkey gives supervision to the operation of a splendid

ranch of twenty-two hundred acres which she has acquired since the

death of her husband and she also owns considerable city property. She

and her children are members of the Congregational church and she also

belongs to the Sunshine Club and the Reading Club of Walla Walla. All

movements for the moral and civic as well as the material upbuilding

of Walla Walla receive her hearty support. She combines the qualities

necessary to the successful conduct of large business interests with

the qualities of the home maker, for she has been a devoted mother and

was in the fullest sense a true helpmate to her husband.

JOHN G. PAINE.

[Illustration: JOHN G. PAINE]

John G. Paine, who has been actively identified with commercial,

financial and agricultural interests in western Washington, was born in

Mercer, Maine, July 8, 1842. He acquired a common school education in

his home town, where he was reared upon a farm. Prompted by a desire

to attempt something more promising than a New England farm offered,

he followed Horace Greeley's advice to go west and in 1865 arrived

in Walla Walla. Soon after his arrival he secured employment in the

general merchandise store of Baker & Boyer, acting as a salesman in

their establishment. In 1868 he entered into partnership with his

brother, F. W. Paine, in the conduct of a general store and in 1871

took over the management of a branch store in Waitsburg. Six years

later, having disposed of that business, he opened a branch store

in Dayton and in the meantime he served as cashier of the Columbia

National Bank. After a few years of confinement in indoor life, the

firm having acquired several large tracts of wheat land, he undertook

the development of that property and devoted several years to wheat

growing. More recently, however, he has been largely interested in the

development of alfalfa land and is thus prominently connected with an

industry which is proving a source of wealth to eastern Washington. Mr.

Paine occupies a homelike suite of rooms in the Paine building. He is

widely known in the state as a most progressive business man and his

enterprise has carried him into most important business connections.

OSCAR W. BRUNTON.

Well directed business activity finds expression in the life record

of Oscar W. Brunton, vice president of the Dement Brothers Company,

proprietors of a large flour mill at Walla Walla. He was born in Alton,

Illinois, on the 15th of March, 1868, a son of David and Margaret P.

(White) Brunton. The father was a native of Pennsylvania and the mother

of Tennessee, while their marriage was celebrated in Illinois. The

former was a winding stair builder and became actively identified with

business interests in Alton, Illinois, where he passed away in 1870.

His widow afterward removed with her three children to Macon City,

Missouri, and thence to Hannibal, that state, and in August, 1876 they

came to Walla Walla, where she joined her sister, who was the wife of

Rev. H. W. Egan, who was presiding over the Cumberland Presbyterian

church at this place. Here Mrs. Brunton reared her children and

continued to make her home until 1907, when she took up her residence

with a daughter in Berkeley, California, where she has since resided.

She is now in her eighty-seventh year and is enjoying excellent health,

while in possession of all of her faculties.

Oscar W. Brunton was educated in the Walla Walla public schools and

in Whitman Seminary. In his boyhood days he took up the study of

telegraphy and mastered the Morse code while he was but a child. A

brother being an operator, he was desirous of studying along that line

but he never followed the profession as a means of livelihood. For

some years in his youth he worked as a job printer in the old Journal

office, and in 1884 he entered the employ of Dement Brothers in the

Eureka flour mills. There he proved efficient, capable and trustworthy

and in 1892 he had risen to the position of mill manager, while in

1896, upon the incorporation of the company, he became one of the

members of the concern and continued as manager of the mills. In 1907

he was elected to the vice presidency of the Dement Brothers Company

and remained as manager as well. Since that time he has given his

attention to administrative direction and executive control as well as

to the operation of the mills and has contributed much to the success

of the business. There is no phase of milling operations with which he

is not familiar and his long experience and capability constitute an

important element in the growing success of their trade.

Mr. Brunton was united in marriage on the 12th of May, 1891, to Miss

Alice Roberta Egbert, a daughter of Marion D. Egbert, who is now

deceased, but for many years was a well known publisher of Walla Walla.

Mr. and Mrs. Brunton have become the parents of one child, Margaret A.,

who is a graduate of the University of California of the class of 1914

and is now a successful teacher in the Le Grand (Calif.) high school.

In his political views Mr. Brunton is a stalwart republican, having

been a staunch supporter of the party since age conferred upon him the

right of franchise. He belongs to the Walla Walla Commercial Club and

cooperates in all of its well defined plans for the upbuilding of the

city, for the extension of its trade relations and for the upholding of

its high civic standards. He ranks with its foremost business men and

representative residents, enjoying the goodwill and confidence of all

with whom he has been associated.

HON. HARLAN D. ELDRIDGE.

A valuable farm property is that owned and operated by Hon. Harlan D.

Eldridge, who is living on section 1, township 7 north, range 37 east,

Walla Walla county. It is equipped with all the latest accessories

and conveniences of a model farm property of the twentieth century

and in its splendid appearance indicates the care and supervision

of a practical and progressive owner. But while Mr. Eldridge is a

representative and prosperous agriculturist, he is also a citizen wide

awake to the duties and obligations that devolve upon him in connection

with public affairs and has rendered active aid to his state as a

member of the general assembly.

He was born in Dallas county, Iowa, April 6, 1858, and is a son of

Joseph W. and Matilda (Parks) Eldridge, the former a native of Ohio,

while the latter was born in Indiana. Removing westward, they settled

in Iowa in 1856, taking up their abode upon a farm in Dallas county,

where they remained for a number of years. Afterwards they became

residents of Omaha, Nebraska, where both spent their remaining days.

They had a family of three children, of whom two are now living.

Harlan D. Eldridge spent the period of his boyhood and youth in his

native county and there completed a public school education which

fitted him for life's practical duties and responsibilities. He

received thorough training in the work of the farm and thus became well

qualified for the tasks which he later undertook for his own benefit.

In April, 1880, when a young man of twenty-two years, he arrived in

Walla Walla county and took up a homestead north of Waitsburg, upon

which he resided for ten years. On the expiration of that period he

sold the property and bought his present farm, which is situated on

section I, township 7 north, range 37 east. He has since improved the

property with fine buildings, making it one of the attractive features

of the landscape. In addition to the comfortable and commodious

residence there are also barns and outbuildings for the shelter of

grain and stock and the latest improved machinery facilitates the

work of the fields. He has here six hundred and forty acres under

cultivation and he makes a specialty of the growing of wheat and of

stock raising, in both of which branches of business he is meeting with

excellent success. He studies carefully the question of crop rotation

and the productiveness of the soil and he employs the most scientific

methods of carrying on his farm work-methods which are after all the

practical elements of desired results.

[Illustration: MRS. HARLAN D. ELDRIDGE]

[Illustration: HON. HARLAN D. ELDRIDGE]

In 1884 Mr. Eldridge was united in marriage to Miss Etta Barnes,

who was born in Walla Walla county and is a daughter of William T.

and Sarah A. (Blaine) Barnes, natives of Kentucky and of Indiana

respectively. The family removed to Oregon in 1852 and settled on a

ranch there, upon which the parents resided until 1864, when they came

to Walla Walla county, here spending their remaining days. In their

family were thirteen children, including one pair of twins, and of this

number six are yet living. To Mr. and Mrs. Eldridge have been born five

children: William W., who is now located on a ranch in Alberta, Canada;

Taylor B., who is a merchant of Dixie, where he is also filling the

position of postmaster; Earl V., at home; Geneva M., the wife of J. G.

Brunton; and Bonnie G., the wife of Burt O'Neal. Her death occurred

November 25, 1915.

The parents hold membership in the Christian church and guide their

lives according to its teachings. Mr. Eldridge gives his political

support to the republican party and in 1909 was elected on that ticket

to the state legislature. He proved an earnest working member of the

general assembly and gave thoughtful and earnest consideration to the

vital questions which came up for settlement. He has also filled the

office of county commissioner for four years and he has done effective

service in behalf of the interests of the schools as a member of the

school board. In a word, he stands for progress and improvement at all

times and lends his support to those interests and activities which are

matters of civic virtue and of civic pride. Fraternally he is connected

with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and has filled all of the

chairs in the local lodge to which he belongs. He has also filled all

of the offices in Mountain Gem Lodge, No. 136, K. P., of which he is

a charter member. His life has been well spent and his many sterling

traits of character have gained for him the warm regard and confidence

of all who know him. Whatever he undertakes he does with thoroughness

and energy and because of his genuine worth and public-spirited

citizenship his fellow townsmen have honored him with high office.

RALPH E. GUICHARD.

Ralph E. Guichard, deceased, was born in Walla Walla on the 6th of

January,. 1869, being a son of Judge Rudolph Guichard, who in a

military capacity was sent to Walla Walla when there was nothing here

but a fort. The father was a man of high intellectual attainments and

of unswerving integrity. He was born at Zeitz, Prussia, December 8,

1830, and in 1854 came to the United States. For a year he resided in

Rhode Island and in Massachusetts, after which he went to West Virginia

and subsequently to Newport, Kentucky, where he enlisted in the United

States army. On the 10th of August, 1857, he was sent to Fort Walla

Walla and on retiring from the army he embarked in merchandising

in this city, successfully conducting business here until 1871. He

afterward took up the study of law and in 1884 was admitted to the bar.

He held many public offices, including that of probate judge, was also

register of the land office, was county treasurer and penitentiary

commissioner. His public duties were discharged with marked fidelity

and ability, so that over the record of his official career there falls

no shadow of wrong or suspicion of evil. In politics he was a democrat,

recognized as one of the leaders of his party. He was also a prominent

Mason, loyal to the teachings and purposes of the craft. On the 14th of

October, 1866, Judge Guichard was married to Miss Mary Morrison and to

them were born three children: Ralph E., Albert and Mary. The father

passed away on the 3d of April, 1898.

Ralph E. Guichard spent his entire life in Walla Walla. He pursued

his education in the Catholic Academy and at the age of fifteen years

he entered the drug store of Charles A. Hungate in the capacity of

clerk, there remaining for seven years, during which time he thoroughly

mastered pharmacy and became a registered pharmacist. He subsequently

spent three years in the same store under J. W. Esteb and for one

year was in the employ of James McAuliffe. He then became a partner

in the business, under the firm style of Guichard & McAuliffe.

After a few months, however, the partnership was dissolved and Mr.

Guichard entered the employ of the Whitehouse Clothing Company and

later became part owner of the business. In 1900 the entire business

passed into his hands. His sagacity, his industry, his caution and his

capable management, together with his close application, won for him

substantial success and an honored place among the commercial leaders

of this section. The Whitehouse Clothing Company or the R. E. Guichard

Clothing Company, Inc., developed an excellent trade and has become one

of the leading clothing houses of the city.

On December 30, 1903, Mr. Guichard was united in marriage to Miss

Margaret A. Wooden, of New York, who taught for several years in the

city schools of Walla Walla. They had a family of three children:

Harold E., Dorothy-Mae, and Robert A.

Mr. Guichard passed away August 10, 1913, and his death was the

occasion of deep and widespread regret. He was a member of the

Catholic church, also of the Knights of Columbus and of the Benevolent

Protective Order of Elks. He likewise held membership in the Commercial

Club. His entire life, with the exception of a few years spent in

travel, was passed in Walla Walla, so that he was largely familiar with

its history, and events which to many were matters of record were to

him familiar from personal knowledge and experience. He ever rejoiced

in the upbuilding and progress of his city and cooperated to the extent

of his time and ability in all matters that related to the general

welfare and improvement.

HON. ELMER E. HALSEY.

Hon. Elmer E. Halsey, of Clarkston, is a lawyer, now following his

profession in Washington and at the same time is taking active part in

framing the laws of the state as a member of the legislature. He was

born in Dover, New Jersey, January 23, 1861, a son of Thomas J. and

Sarah E. Halsey, who were also natives of that state. He was reared in

New Jersey and acquired his early education in the schools of Dover and

Hackettstown. In 1878 he went to Missouri and worked on a farm. In 1883

he attended the St. Louis Law School in the same state. In 1885 and

1886 he was a law student in the State University of Michigan at Ann

Arbor and was admitted to the bar in the spring of the latter year. In

1890 he was elected prosecuting attorney of Baraga county, Michigan,

and was reelected in 1892 and 1894, having been elected to that office

for three consecutive terms. He was also appointed to the position of

receiver of the United States land office at Marquette, Michigan, in

1896 and occupied that position until 1898. In August of the latter

year he made his way westward to Washington and took up his abode in

Clarkston, opening a law office in that city and also in Lewiston.

He has since engaged in the practice of law. In 1902 he was elected

prosecuting attorney of Asotin county. He is recognized as a strong,

able lawyer, and is considered one of the leaders in the legislature.

He is a stalwart supporter of the republican party and in 1909 was

elected to represent his district in the state legislature and is still

serving at this date in that capacity, having been elected to the

office for five consecutive terms, without opposition in his own party

four times, and twice without opposition from the democrats.

[Illustration: ELMER E. HALSEY]

In 1886 Mr. Halsey was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Thomas, a

daughter of John R. Thomas, of L'Anse, Michigan, but a native of

Vermont. They have two children: Marion G., who is the wife of Dr. E.

D. Sawyer, of Asotin, and Burt C., who is in the United States army in

the Fourth Balloon Squadron of the Signal Corps, having enlisted while

a student at the University of Washington.

Mr. Halsey is a Mason, having three times served as master of Clarkston

Lodge, No. 143, F. & A. M. For fifteen years he served on the Clarkston

school board and the cause of education has found in him a stalwart

champion. He was largely instrumental in the legislature in promoting

the bone-dry law of Washington and succeeded in having the bill

passed through the house. His name is connected with much important

legislation which has been enacted during his five terms connection

with the house of representatives. His course has been characterized

by the utmost devotion to the public good and the record of no member

of the legislature has extended over a longer connection therewith and

none has been more faultless in honor, fearless in conduct or stainless

in reputation.

J. J. ROHN.

J. J. Rohn is now living retired in Walla Walla but for a long period

was actively identified with farming interests in this section of

the state and through close application and unremitting energy won a

substantial measure of success. He was born in Baden, Germany, November

22, 1834, and is a son of Nicholas and Kate (Cipf) Rohn, who were

also natives of that country, where they spent their entire lives.

They had a family of six children, but so far as he knows, J. J. Rohn

is the only one now living. He was reared and educated in his native

country and was a youth of seventeen when he bade adieu to friends

and native land and sailed for America, having determined to try his

fortune on this side of the Atlantic. He crossed the water in 1851,

making the trip on a sailing vessel, and landed at New York city,

where he remained for two years, working at his trade of picture frame

gilder, which he had learned in Germany. Subsequently he removed to

Baltimore, Maryland, where he resided for one year, and in 1855 he

enlisted for active service in the United States army and was sent to

New York harbor, where he remained until May of that year. He was then

transferred to San Francisco, California, and afterward was sent to Red

Bluff, and still later to Fort Lane, Oregon, to which point he walked,

making the entire distance on foot. In 1855 the Indian war broke out

and that winter he was engaged in fighting the red men, being in

the mountains throughout the entire period. He was fortunate in that

he escaped all injury, although he experienced many of the hardships

incident to such warfare. In 1857 he was sent to Fort Walla Walla,

where he was stationed for several years. He went out with the Wright

expedition in 1858 and in 1859 he was transferred to Vancouver, where

he remained until honorably discharged in 1860.

Mr. Rohn then returned to Walla Walla and took up a homestead on Mill

creek, where he has since lived. He still owns a farm of one hundred

and sixty acres, which is highly improved. He has added to it all

modern accessories and conveniences and was successfully engaged in

farming for many years but eventually put aside the active work of the

fields to enjoy a rest which he has truly earned and richly deserves.

He is now eighty-three years of age and is most comfortably situated in

life, the years of his former toil bringing to him a competence that

supplies him with all necessities and many luxuries.

In 1866 Mr. Rohn was united in marriage to Miss Sarah E. Sanders, who

was born in Indiana, a daughter of Joseph Sanders, who came to Walla

Walla in 1864. To Mr. and Mrs. Rohn were born four children: Kate,

who is the widow of T. J. Bryan; Malina J., who is the wife of Harry

Gilkerson; Fred, who owns and operates three hundred and eighty acres

of land in Whitman county; and Sarah Belle, deceased. The son is

married and has seven children. The wife and mother passed away in 1872

and Mr. Rohn has never married again. He reared his children to man and

womanhood alone, doing the part of both mother and father in his care

of them.

In politics Mr. Rohn has always been a stalwart democrat, actively

interested in the success of his party and doing everything in his

power to secure the adoption of its principles. His has been a well

spent life fraught with good results and characterized by all those

traits which in every land and clime awaken confidence and regard.

Industry, and perseverance, guided by keen intelligence, have been the

basis of his success and he can look back over the past without regret.

He has never had occasion to regret his determination to come to the

new world, for he here found the opportunities which he sought and in

their utilization has made steady progress.

HON. JAMES M. LAMB.

No history of Walla Walla county would be complete and satisfactory

were there failure to make reference to Hon. James M. Lamb, who was

familiarly known as Governor Lamb. When death called him in 1898 he

had been a resident of this county for almost forty years. He was one

of its first pioneers and one of its most progressive citizens. He had

established the first blacksmith shop in this section of the state and

he was the first to demonstrate the possibility of wheat growing on

the hills. In many other ways he contributed to public progress and

improvement though the utilization of the resources of this section of

the country.

[Illustration: HON. JAMES M. LAMB]

[Illustration: MRS. JAMES M. LAMB]

Mr. Lamb was born in Logan county, Kentucky, February 19, 1835, a son

of Downing and Elizabeth (Maxwell) Lamb, both of whom were natives of

Logan county, Kentucky, where they resided until the '70s, when they

came to Washington territory, establishing their home in Columbia

county, where they resided until called to their final rest.

James M. Lamb remained a resident of his native state until he reached

the age of nineteen years, when he crossed the plains to California

with his parents in 1854, the gold fields being the attraction which

brought them to the Pacific coast. He learned the blacksmith's trade

after reaching California, where he conducted a shop and also engaged

in farming. In 1856 he was married there to Miss Jane Pearce, also a

native of Kentucky, and a daughter of John and Martha (King) Pearce.

She crossed the plains from Atchison county, Missouri, in 1856.

Mr. and Mrs. Lamb began their domestic life in California but in 1859

came to Washington, establishing their home in Walla Walla county,

where Mr. Lamb opened the first blacksmith shop in this section of the

country, there being no shop between Walla Walla and Dayton at that

period. He continued to operate his shop and conduct his farm up to

the time of his death. About 1867 he went to a place near McMinnville,

Oregon, to help perfect the first combination cutting and threshing

machine used in this section of the country, as he was a master

mechanic. This machine was first drawn by horses attached both in front

and behind. Later he made a number of improvements on the machine,

which was afterward sold to Holt & Company for two thousand dollars,

and it has subsequently been perfected until today it is the standard

machine of the kind used in this locality.

Mr. Lamb homesteaded eighty acres of land on his arrival in Walla Walla

county and afterward added to his holdings by purchase from time to

time until his farm comprised two hundred and eighty acres. This he

brought under a high state of cultivation, carefully and persistently

developing his fields, so that annually he gathered abundant harvests.

It is said that he was the first man to demonstrate the possibility

of growing wheat on the hills. He continually sought to improve his

farm, was always ready to take up new methods and his sound judgment

demonstrated to him the worth of any new idea that was advanced.

In politics Mr. Lamb was a democrat and one of the active workers of

the party. He became a leader in molding public thought and opinion

and exerted much influence over the affairs of the community. His

aid was always given on the side of improvement and upbuilding. His

fellow townsmen, recognizing his ability, called upon him to serve

in several public offices. He was elected justice of the peace and

filled that position for many years, his decisions being strictly

fair and impartial, so that he won golden opinions from all sorts of

people. In 1867 he was elected to the territorial legislature, where

he served with honor and distinction, carefully aiding in the solution

of many intricate and involved problems in connection with shaping the

early legislation of the state. He also assisted in surveying Walla

Walla county in pioneer times and there were many phases of public

improvement with which he was closely identified. In 1885 he removed to

Walla Walla, where he made his home until his death, although he passed

away in Lodi, California, on the 5th of March, 1898, having gone to

that place for the benefit of his health. His widow still survives and

resides at the old home in Walla Walla with her son, Daniel W.

To Mr. and Mrs. Lamb were born six children: John D., a resident of

Walla Walla; Georgia A., the wife of George Howard, of Berkeley,

California; Martha E., who married A. H. Johnson, of Tacoma,

Washington; Cora A., the widow of J. L. Cation and a resident of Walla

Walla; William T., of this township; and Daniel W. The two sons,

William T. and Daniel W. Lamb, conduct the old home farm and are

representative agriculturists of this section of the state.

James M. Lamb was a most consistent Christian gentleman and an active

worker in the church. He became one of the organizers of the First

Christian church, services being held on the 4th of July, 1874, in an

old log cabin at Dixie. The charter members were John R. Ware, Margaret

Ware, Philip and Clarinda Beal, Elizabeth Neland, J. M. and Jane Lamb,

W. T. Barnes, Sarah Barnes, Mr. Barnes becoming deacon and clerk, with

J. R. Ware as elder. The life of James M. Lamb was ever guided by the

highest and most honorable principles and he left to his family the

priceless heritage of an untarnished name. For almost forty years he

was a resident of Walla Walla and was one of its most valued citizens

and honored pioneers. He contributed much to its early development

as well as to its later progress and at all times he enjoyed the

confidence and respect of those with whom he was brought in contact.

His two sons are members of Mountain Gem Lodge, No. 136, K. P., of

Dixie. Both have passed through all of the chairs and are members of

the grand lodge and they are also identified with El Kindi Temple,

No. 193, of the Knights of Khorassan. In business affairs they are

progressive and enterprising, wisely managing their important farming

interests, which are bringing to them a substantial annual return.

HON. HENRY PERRY ISAACS.

Hon. Henry Perry Isaacs, deceased, was one of the historic figures

who have been dominant factors in the development of southeastern

Washington and northeastern Oregon. His activities were of such a

nature that he might be termed one of the empire builders of this

section of the country. He saw the possibilities here and utilized the

opportunities offered, his labors at all times contributed to public

progress and prosperity as well as to individual success. He thus left

his impress for good upon the history of Walla Walla and of the state

and his memory is yet revered and honored by all who knew him.

Mr. Isaacs was a native of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, where his birth

occurred on the 17th of March, 1822. He came of Scotch-English ancestry

and while spending his youthful days in the Keystone state acquired a

common school education. He had no other opportunities for educational

advancement save those which were self-acquired. He possessed, however,

an observing eye and retentive memory and was continually storing his

mind with facts that proved a basis for his success in later years. At

an early age he entered the employ of one of Philadelphia's foremost

mercantile houses and his training there constituted an important

element in his later progress along commercial lines. When twenty-one

years of age he removed to Indiana with a view of seeing something

of the outside world and after reaching that state he engaged in

merchandising on his own account. Subsequently he joined the rush

for the California gold fields, but was not especially successful in

his mining venture. However, he was a man of broad vision and saw

wonderful opportunities in the new western country. This land of

perpetual sunshine seemed to promise great things for the future and in

1858 he proved his faith in the country by erecting at Fort Colville,

Washington, his first flour mill, demonstrating to the farmers of

this section that wheat could be raised profitably upon the hills and

uplands, which in those early days were given over to stock raising.

This was the initial step in the development of his important milling

interests. In 1862 he built the North Pacific Mills at Walla Walla and

in 1864 he erected the War Eagle Mills at Boise City, Idaho. Wherever

opportunity offered he eagerly grasped it and extended his efforts into

various fields, his labors at all times proving profitable by reason of

the intelligent direction of his efforts. In 1865 the Middleton mills

at Middleton, Idaho, were built and in 1883 he still further extended

his efforts by the building of the North Pacific Mills at Prescott,

known as Mill B. In 1898 he built the North Pacific Mills at Wasco,

Oregon. His wide experience in this line made him the foremost miller

of the Pacific coast. His operations exceeded in volume and importance

those of any other man engaged in the milling business. His knowledge

concerning the best methods of manufacturing and handling flour became

a matter of general comment and he was recognized as authority upon all

matters pertaining to milling in any of its branches. The output of his

mills was not only sold extensively in this section of the country but

the production above what was needed in Washington and the northwest

found a ready market in the orient and much of the product was exported

to China. Mr. Isaacs was the first miller on the Pacific coast to adopt

the roller system in the manufacture of flour, his first rolls being

of porcelain and imported from Switzerland. He at all times kept his

business in touch with the most modern processes and introduced the

latest improved machinery into his plant.

Outside of milling circles Mr. Isaacs was perhaps best known by reason

of his public spirit and his progressiveness. After demonstrating the

possibilities of wheat growing and the development of kindred interests

arising therefrom he did some pioneering in horticulture, planting in

1864 one of the first orchards in the vicinity of Walla Walla. Not long

afterward he planted a vineyard and from this point he experimented

successfully with almost every variety of fruit and vegetables grown in

the north temperate zone. He was an enthusiast in all that pertained to

progress and evolution in plants and tree life and he gave liberally

of his time and means to further the cause. He was a leader in public

affairs and he represented the county in the territorial council of

1885 and 1886, at which session he introduced the bill establishing

the state penitentiary at Walla Walla. He was constantly watchful

of opportunities pointing not only to his individual success but to

the general development of this part of the country, and he ever

looked beyond the exigencies of the moment to the possibilities and

opportunities of the future. He was the first to attempt to induce G.

W. Hunt to build the Washington & Columbia River Line from Dayton to

Wallula and thence to Pendleton. The line was successfully built and

operated and the completed project was a monument to his enterprise

and farsightedness. He was also president of the Commercial Club at

the time and used every effort to secure the early construction of the

road. But few men in all Washington became so thoroughly conversant

with the state, its varied interests and its possibilities or were so

deeply interested in the success of its enterprises as Mr. Isaacs, and

but few men have arisen to take so active a part in the development of

this section of the country. With his death on the 14th of July, 1900,

the state of Washington and in fact the entire Pacific northwest lost

one of its most conspicuous figures, most esteemed citizens and most

honored men.

CHRISTIAN J. BOWERS.

Christian J. Bowers has gained a gratifying measure of success as a

farmer and is still active in that connection although now a resident

of Walla Walla. He was born in Baltimore, Maryland, January 7, 1867,

a son of George W. and Catherine M. (Brown) Bowers, also natives of

that city, where they were reared. They continued to reside there for

about ten years after their marriage and then removed successively to

Pennsylvania, Illinois, Iowa and Kansas. From the last named state they

crossed the plains in 1880 by horse team to Walla Walla, Washington,

and located in the Dry creek hills, about seven miles north of Walla

Walla. The father took up a homestead and also preempted one hundred

and sixty acres of land and resided upon his farm until about 1896,

when he disposed of his holdings and removed to Columbia county,

where he purchased two hundred and forty acres on Patit creek, four

miles from Dayton. He still owns that farm, but since 1905 has been a

resident of Walla Walla. To him and his wife were born the following

children: Christian J., of this review; Bertha S., who passed away at

the age of eighteen years; Mae, who is now the wife of John W. Eby,

of Walla Walla county; Charles E., a resident of Walla Walla; and

Gertrude, who is the wife of Clarence Wilson, of Topeka, Kansas.

Christian J. Bowers received his early education in the district

schools and in the Waitsburg public schools and at the Huntsville

Seminary. He was reared to agricultural pursuits and following his

marriage in 1888 he began farming on his own account in the Dry creek

hills and maintained his residence upon his ranch until 1905, when he

removed to Walla Walla. He still directs the operation of his holdings,

which include three hundred and twenty acres near Lowden, and also owns

about eight hundred acres in Whitman county. The financial independence

which is now his is the direct result of his thorough knowledge of

farming, his enterprise and his good management, and he justly ranks

among the successful men of Walla Walla county.

[Illustration: MR. AND MRS. CHRISTIAN J. BOWERS]

On the 13th of May, 1888, occurred the marriage of Mr. Bowers and

Miss Laura V. Coplen, a native of Washington. Her grandfather, Henry

Coplen, removed with his family from Indiana to Colorado and thence

in 1864 located in the Willamette valley, near Vancouver, Washington.

Six years later, in 1870, he removed to Whitman county, Washington,

where he founded the town of Latah. His son, Benjamin, was a scout in

the early days and took part in the Indian wars in the northwest. The

mastodon skeleton which is now preserved in Field Museum in Chicago was

found upon his farm. James W. Coplen, father of Mrs. Bowers and son of

Henry Coplen, was married in 1865, in the Willamette valley, to Miss

Elizabeth Hoskins, a daughter of Dillon and Rachel (Emery) Hoskins,

who had removed to the west with their family from Iowa, crossing the

plains with ox teams in 1851 and reaching their destination after six

months spent en route. They settled at Scio, in the Willamette valley,

where they secured a donation claim of three hundred and twenty acres.

The parents both died in Oregon, the father passing away in 1888 and

the mother in 1898. Soon after their marriage James W. Coplen and his

wife took up a donation claim on the old battleground near Vancouver,

Washington, at which place Mrs. Bowers was born, and while there Mr.

Coplen became ill and accordingly returned to his old home in the

Willamette valley, where his death occurred in 1868. To him and his

wife had been born two children: William, a resident of Lewiston,

Idaho; and Laura V., who became the wife of Christian J. Bowers. Mrs.

Coplen later removed to Walla Walla county, where she met the Rev.

William C. Gallaher, and in 1871 they were married. Mr. Gallaher was

born in Putnam county, Illinois, in 1835, and died on a farm which

he owned near Milton, Oregon, December 22, 1915, his widow passing

away upon the farm in February, 1916. They were the parents of two

children: Minnie E., now the wife of O. E. Phillips, of Walla Walla;

and Ernest U., who resides upon the old home farm near Milton, Oregon.

Rev. Gallaher was one of the pioneer ministers of the northwest,

coming as a missionary to Oregon. He was one of the earliest settlers

of "Old Oregon," having made the long journey across the plains with

his parents in 1845, when a boy of ten years. The family settled in

Oregon and there he grew to manhood. In 1861 he removed to Walla Walla

and helped to organize the first United Brethren church in the state.

He remained active in the work of the ministry until he reached an

advanced age and was one of the best known divines of the northwest.

To Mr. and Mrs. Bowers have been born four children, namely: Harry C.,

who is farming the Whitman county farm belonging to his father; George

W., who is operating his father's farm in Walla Walla county; Violet

B., the wife of Wayne Reid, who is also farming in Whitman county; and

Sheldon H., who is at home.

Mr. Bowers gives his support to the candidates and measures of the

democratic party and takes a commendable interest in the questions and

issues of the day but has never been an office seeker. His wife belongs

to the Christian church and aids in its work. She is also a member of

the Sunshine Club and the president of the Woman's Educational Club of

Walla Walla. He is a man of importance in his community and is also

popular personally.

J. W. ROGERS.

J. W. Rogers, who for eight years has been successfully and extensively

engaged in the automobile business in Walla Walla, was born in Georgia

on the 28th day of February, 1879, a son of James and Ellen (Tatum)

Rogers, the former a native of Tennessee, while the latter was born in

Georgia. About thirty years ago they removed to Kansas, where they are

still living.

J. W. Rogers was reared and educated in the Sunflower state, passing

through consecutive grades until he became a high school student.

He left the middle west in 1907 to become a resident of the Pacific

coast country, making his way to Walla Walla, where for two years he

was employed in a wholesale grocery house. Since then he has given

his attention to the automobile business and now handles the Stutz

and Premier cars. He has developed a business of large and extensive

proportions. The Stutz car is the champion of the world today and his

sales reach a most gratifying annual figure. He also still owns a

garage and other property in Dayton, Washington. His business affairs

have been wisely and carefully managed and he is actuated by a spirit

of enterprise in all that he does. Alert and energetic, he never fails

in carrying out his purpose, for he recognizes that when one avenue of

opportunity seems closed, he can carve out other paths that will reach

the desired goal.

In 1909 Mr. Rogers was united in marriage to Miss Florence Helm, a

native of Walla Walla. They are members of the Baptist church and are

prominent in the social circles of the city, the hospitality of many

of the best homes of Walla Walla being cordially extended them. Mr.

Rogers votes with the democratic party and is a staunch advocate of

its principles. He belongs to the Commercial Club and is in hearty

sympathy with every plan and measure put forth by that organization

for the benefit and upbuilding of the city, the extension of its trade

relations, or the upholding of its civic standards. For ten years a

resident of Walla Walla, he has made himself an enviable position in

its business and social circles, and those who know him speak of him in

terms of high regard.

EUGENE F. BOURGEOIS.

Eugene F. Bourgeois, one of the prosperous farmers of Walla Walla

county, where he has been actively identified with agricultural

pursuits during the past four decades, is now the owner of seven

hundred acres of valuable land on section 13, Dixie township. His birth

occurred in Paris, France, on the 10th of October, 1847, his parents

being Franquell and Felicia Bourgeois, who emigrated to the United

States in 1852 and took up their abode in Bond county, Illinois, where

they spent the remainder of their lives. They had a family of eleven

children, three of whom yet survive.

Eugene F. Bourgeois, a little lad of five years when he crossed the

Atlantic in company with his parents, was reared and educated in

Illinois and remained in that state until thirty years of age. In 1877

he made his way to the Pacific coast country and took up a homestead

in Walla Walla county, Washington, which he has since made his place

of residence, erecting fine buildings on his property and otherwise

improving the same until it is now very valuable. As the years have

passed and his financial resources have increased he has extended the

boundaries of his farm by purchase until it now comprises seven hundred

acres of land, through the cultivation of which he has won a gratifying

annual income.

On the 21st of October, 1888, Mr. Bourgeois was united in marriage to

Miss Isabel Lang, a daughter of Israel and Allie Ann (Hambough) Lang,

both natives of Warren county, Virginia, from which state they removed

to Illinois, locating in Pike county in 1867. There they spent the

remainder of their lives. By occupation Mr. Lang was a farmer. To Mr.

and Mrs. Bourgeois were born four sons, namely: Charles; Frederick;

Henry; and William, who is deceased.

[Illustration: EUGENE F. BOURGEOIS]

[Illustration: MRS. EUGENE F. BOURGEOIS]

Mr. Bourgeois gives political allegiance to the republican party and

has furthered the interests of education as a member of the school

board. His religious faith is indicated by his membership in the

Christian church. He has justly won the proud American title of a

self-made man, for he came to this state empty-handed and has worked

his way upward to a position among the substantial and representative

citizens of his county.

JOHN REITH, M. D.

Well equipped by thorough preparatory training, Dr. John Reith entered

upon a successful career as a physician and surgeon and is now

prominently known as the superintendent of the Walla Walla Sanitarium,

the Seventh Day Adventist institution of this city. He was born in

Huron county, Ontario, September 10, 1883, a son of John and Jane

(Moir) Reith, the former a native of Ontario, while the latter was born

in Ireland. The father has devoted his entire life to agricultural

pursuits. He removed to British Columbia in 1892 and now resides in

Lacombe, Alberta.

Dr. Reith came to Walla Walla, Washington, in 1900. He had attended

the schools of British Columbia, where he had accompanied his parents

on their removal during his childhood days. He was therefore reared on

the western frontier. Becoming imbued with a desire to enter upon a

professional career, he became a student in the Walla Walla College,

which he attended for six years, and in 1907 he entered the medical

department of the University of Oregon at Portland and there won his

professional degree as a member of the class of 1911. He afterward

served for a year as interne in the Good Samaritan Hospital of that

city and while thus engaged gained the broad and valuable experience

which can be secured in no other way as rapidly and as accurately as in

hospital practice. In March, 1912, he was made superintendent of the

Walla Walla Sanitarium, over which he has since presided. He has held

to the highest standards in its management and conduct and has made it

largely an ideal institution.

On the 14th of August, 1907, Dr. Reith was married to Miss Grace M.

Wood, a native daughter of Walla Walla county, her father having been

one of the early pioneers of this section of the state. He arrived

about 1856, when the Indians were still numerous throughout Washington

and when the work of progress and development was scarcely begun. He

brought into Walla Walla county the first harvester ever seen here

and he was closely associated with many initial movements which have

resulted in the upbuilding and benefit of the county. His wife was a

singer of considerable note and she was also the first teacher of music

in Whitman College; likewise in St. Paul's and in Walla Walla College.

She brought into this county the first organ ever within its borders.

To Dr. and Mrs. Reith have been born two children, Margaret Isabel and

Mabel Elizabeth.

Dr. and Mrs. Reith are members of the Seventh Day Adventist church and

guide their lives according to its teachings. The Doctor is a member

of the Washington State Medical Society and the American Medical

Association and through his connections with those organizations keeps

in close touch with the trend of modern scientific thought, research

and investigation. He has developed pronounced ability in the line of

his profession, is very careful in the diagnosis of his cases and

accurate in his judgment. In his hospital work he has developed a

splendid institution, one in which the most thorough care is given to

patients, and the success which has attended the work secures to it a

continued patronage.

MAJOR PAUL H. WEYRAUCH.

Major Paul H. Weyrauch, for many years connected with the United States

regular army, a veteran of the Spanish-American war and now major of

the Washington Field Artillery in the United States service, is a

valued resident of Walla Walla, where his business connection is that

of president of the Blalock Fruit & Produce Company. He was born in

Barmen, Germany, April 4, 1873, a son of Ernest and Johanna (Piper)

Weyrauch. The father died in Germany in 1886 and in 1889 the mother

came with her family to the United States, two of her elder sons having

preceded her to this country. With her younger children she settled

in the state of New York, where she resided to the time of her death,

which occurred in January, 1917.

Major Weyrauch was a youth of sixteen years at the time he accompanied

his mother to the new world. He was educated in the public schools

and in preparatory schools of his native country, and after crossing

the Atlantic he worked for his brothers, who were engaged in silk

ribbon manufacturing in the Empire state. After spending two years

in that way he went to New York city, where for some time, through

the financial panic of 1893, he was employed at whatever he could get

to do that would yield an honest living. However, he was possessed

of a good education and marked enterprise and subsequently secured a

position as shipping clerk and bookkeeper in a silk factory at College

Point, Long Island. He continued to act in that capacity until 1895,

when he entered the service of his adopted country as a member of

the regular army. He was first stationed at College Point and while

there saw much of the army engineers stationed at Willets Point, about

three miles from College Point. He became impressed with this branch

of the service, and with the hope of later securing a commission, he

joined the service and was assigned to the First Artillery at Davids

Island, New York, there remaining for almost two years. He then went

with his command to Key West, Florida. While at Davids Island he had

endeavored to be transferred to the hospital corps, where there was

greater opportunity for advancement, but his commanding officer did

not want to let him go and his transfer did not occur until after he

had reached Key West. In May, 1897, however, he became a member of

the hospital corps and on the night of the blowing up of the Maine,

February 15, 1898, he was sent to Havana, Cuba, with Major Paul

Clendemin to assist the Maine survivors, being the first enlisted man

to be sent to Cuba after the destruction of the battleship. In April,

1898, he was made hospital steward and served as such at Key West

Barracks, Florida, at Fort Jefferson on the island of Dry Tortugas, at

Washington Barracks in Washington, D. C., at Fort Monroe, Virginia, at

Hilton Head, South Carolina, and at Fort Screven on Tybee Island in

Georgia, thus continuing until August, 1899, when he was transferred

to the Twenty-eighth United States Volunteer Infantry as hospital

steward and served with that regiment in San Francisco, California,

and in numerous places in the Philippine Islands. He took part in

various engagements in the Orient and in February, 1901, he took the

examination for a commission, General Pershing, now commanding the

American forces in France, being then president of the examining board.

Major Weyrauch was commissioned a second lieutenant of cavalry to date

from February 2, 1901, and was assigned to duty with the Fourteenth

Cavalry Regiment, with which he served at Fort Huachuca, Arizona, and

also in the Philippine Islands, while in December, 1905, he came to

Fort Walla Walla with his regiment. While in the Philippines he took