The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1888-06-07

fher things He WAa IN TIE teEeta-
ure. was treasurer a this city, uAs
ehool clerk. hut for nnmber Of years
asst has confined his attention to The
business Of insurance One q his
nxly enterprises vas TIE building Of
large steam saumin 4t Freepcrt nov
Nifton. in company with c. c. Phillips.
ant George Piunmer, j. r. William
on and SSronach & Jackson The
NH VAS burned in 1851. when ]. r.
and G. w. Prescott rebuilt
I. The l47 acres upon which this
niII Was built cost them in 1853 $l3N.
The same land was sold last month to
Thomas Ewing for $l47 0m
THOMAS xKsB
Came from Illinois in 1873, and settled
Il Skokonsish in 1851. where he lived
antii 1881. when he came to Seattle
He was . farmer there. and By his IN
iustry and thrift was enah2ed TO ae-
sufficient money to bay few
lots in this city and 70 build number
81 houses, from the rents of which he
ran hve easily the rest Of his days.
RosERT RUSSELL
Came to Portland in 1852. and to Seat
tie in 1853 He has been city council
man two years Has wife and two
children.
CART HENRY RoEpER
came to California in 1850. and TO this
Territory in fs52 He settled at What
com, where he has carried on almost
every line of business imasinahle. He
has run a sawmiH and made lumber:
. quarry. and sent stone all over Ore
eon and Washington: kept a store,
run free hotel, sailed vessels
on and out of the Sound. been a iegis-
lator eight times, county commission
er, school director. etc. He has wife
and four children.
THos. ". PRoscH
Came Ia San Francisco in 1855 and to
Puget Sound in 1S5S. He has been en-
gagged in various lines of business, but
chiefly that of printing snd publishing
For fourteen consecutive years he
owned and published. one after the
other, the daily and weekly Pacific
7rfbsae, Iatsiiieenccr and Posr-lNrEL-
retiring from the latter two
years ago. For two years he was in
spector of customs and clerk in the
custom house at Port Townsend. and
for two years was postmaster of Seat
tie. He published the first paper at
Tacoma. He is married. and has four
children. His wife (n1e McCarver} il
a pioneer, and the daughter Of pio-
neers, her father crossing the plains
with DR.. Whitman in lsi3. and her
mother in 1916.
LUKE NC REDMOND
Came to San Francisco in 1858, and in
1856 to Port Gamble. The battle be-
tween the United States war sloop
Massachusetts and the Indians at that
place occurred the day he arrived, and
was witnessed by him. He stayed
there few months, when he moved
to Port Madison, where he remained
until 1868. The next four years were
spent in Seattle. In 1872 he took a
claim on Sainamish slough. on which
he has since made his home. He has
held several precinct offices. He has
a wife, five sons and two daughters.
JESSE v. GEORGE
Crossed the continent in 1881. coming
from Ohio to Oregon, with his father.
and two brothers. He lived in
Linn county until 1871. when he NOV
ell to Seattle, where he has since
dwelt. Mr.. George was L. S. Marshal
for the territory in 1854, 1885 and 1896
He is married and has four children.
His wife came to the country in 1853
and lived in Thurston county, where
she had an interesting Indian war ex-
perience.
FRANCIS HENRY
Came from Wisconsin TO California in
ISL. For seven years he mined il,
from Hangtown to Gold Beach. He
returned TO Wisconsin in 1858. but
at Olympia, where he has been
since. He has practised law, has been
justice OF the peace and probate judge,
has been n member of the legislature
and a town trustee several times. He
was chief clerk of the last legislative
council and is now clerk of the su-
prene court of the territory. Mr.
Henry is secretary Of the Territorial
Pioneer Association.
II. l.. YEsLER
Was born in Maryland, but came to
the Pacific slope from Ohio. lie ar
rived in Portland in April, 1851, and
worked there one year as a carpenter.
He went to California in April, 1852
and packed salmon at Sacramento.
The only gold mining he did was on
Rear river, where he worked three
days. The diggings were paving only
about three dollars day, and he quit,
after losing thirty-three dollars. Car
at Marysville, next occupied
him, with wages of sll DAY. lie
l.. =
waiting for the arrival Of machinery
for sawmill which he intended build
ing on Puget Sound. BY advice of a
sea captain he located here in the fall
of 1852 lie took donation claim,
and has been on it ever since. His
was the first steam sawmill on the
Sound, and its daily cut was from 5000
to 1900 feet day. Rough lumber
sold then at $35 thousand, which. a ;
the logs cost him 81, gave him very
pretty profit. He shipped TO San
Francisco, Honolulu and other ports.
He went to merchandising early in the
SOS as a member Of the firm of YeSier,
Rand & Co.. which subsequently he
came Yesler, Denny & Co., the bust
ness being maintained until 1865 Mr..
Yesler was an incorporation and direc
tor OF the Seattle 4 Walla Waila Rail-
road Company, and of the Seattle gas
works. He owned and operated water
works, and at one time was concerned
in steamboating. He was the first
auditor OF King county, and was re-
elected city councilman and
county commissioner. In 1856 he
was mayor. Mr.. Yesler is the largest
house owner in the city; his own resi-
ience and two of his business blocks
being among the finest structures on
the North Pacific Coast.
pAvID SHELTON
Is pioneer in the fullest sense OF the
word. lie was born in Buncombe
county, North Carolina, in 1872. and
moved west At an early date. lie has
always kept in advance of civilization
until now, when ii il practically inn
possible for him TO get away from IL.
lie never saw a railroad or locomotive
engine until short time ago al Teaino.
and Seattle Is the largest town he was
ever in. He came with ox-team across
the plains in 1877, and for year fixed
himself on Saavirs Island. at the
moath of the Willamette river. In
Isis, he moved up to Portland, then Il
hamlet of bali dozen hoase-, where
be stayed fodr wears. In February,
,s5g. he came to Puget Sound on the
fishing schooner Mary Taylor. aseom-
panied b. John Ross. Thomas Taiiea-
tire. l.. b. Hastings and y. II. Petty.
grove, all with families. Hastings and
Pctiygruye got of at Port Townsend,
which then consisted Of single house,
eet-sID;ess ty a bachelor uam.i Aifred
PiuHBIer. fettygfose was the lolnsler
and manner OF Portland. and he like
wise founded and named Port Town