Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1889-11-22


war, was in fourteen battles and had
two horses shot under him. In ls67
moved to Denver, was contracting and
freighting two years. located at Guemes
in Skagit county, w. T., in 1871, re-
ceived common school education, has
a wife and three children, has served
in several county offices, and was once
elected joint Representative Of Skagit
and Snohomish counties.
NJ. S. DREW.
The State of Maine gave birth to
the Representative from kitsap county
sixty-two years ago NJ S. Drew was
born in the town of Machias, Wash
ington county. At the age Of feighteen
he emigrated to Minnesota, and from
there he went to San Francisco in
1852, crossing the Isthmus of Panama
for that purpose. He arrived in Port
Gamble from California in 1855, and
has been there in the employ of the
Puget Mill Company since that time,
except two years that he was Collector
OF Customs in the Puget Sound district
during the administration of General
Grant.
WILLIAM FAHRISTE.
Representative Farriste, of Asotin,
was born in Richibucto, New Bruins
wick, in 1885, OF Scottish parents, en-
gagged III numbering and mercantile
business now and has never been in
politics before.
COLONEL J. W. FEIGHAN.
The picturesque-looking Representa-
tive from Spokane Falls, with keen
black eyes, dark face and silver-colored
hair is 45 years of age, native of Buff
falo, N. Y. He is a lawyer and gradu-
ated at Miami university in Ohio in
1870. His parents moved to Indiana
and thence to Kentucky in his early
days. He attended and graduated
from the Cincinnati law school in 1872.
He went into the army in 1862, served
in the Fifteenth Army corps and was
under fire 213 days. He was Prose-
cutting Attorney OF Lincoln county,
Kansas, for six years and commander
of that department of the Grand Army
of the Republic. He ran for Con
gress on the Republican ticket in the
Second district of Kentucky in 1878
and was q candidate for elector in
1876. He came to Washington Terri
tory in 1887 and was for short time
City Attorney OF Spokane Falls.
| C. H. FLUMMERFELT,
The Representative from Franklin
county, was born July 81, 1863, Della
ware, Warren county, New Jersey, and
resided until April 1878 attending
common school, learned telegraphy
latter part 1878. During 1879 fol.
lowed telegraphing. Became book
keeper for the A. Sebring Lumber
Company, Gouldsboro, Wayne county,
Penn, December 9, 1879, holding the
position until January IL, 1884, same
month en,,sr,ted to st. Louis, Mo-, to
become travelling salesman for Jarrat
Russell Southern Hardwood Lumber
Company, finding Missouri completely
easternized, concluded to try the
northern border, hoping for greater
opportunities, settled in Hawley, Clay
county, Mimi, July, 1884, becoming
local agent for the Northern Pacific
Railroad Company, meeting with an
exceedingly cold reception here during
the winter of 1SS4-S5, determined to
find more congenial cline for per-
nent location. In this he succeeded
and located at Pasco, April, 1885, to
act as local agent for the Northern Pa
cific Railroad Company. held this po-
sition until January, 1883, aud mean
time became interested in cattle busi-
ness, changed positions February, 1888,
becoming telegraph operator for same
company at remote place seventeen
miles east OF Pasco, called Altopia, fol-
lowing this and continuing in the cat
tie business until elected to present
Office.
CHARLES Z FOSTER.
The Representative from Pacific
county is veteran of the army and
navy. He was born in Bristol, Maine,
September 3, 1884. At the breaking
out of the war he enlisted in the Thir-
ty-second Massachusetts, volunteers,
served three years and re-enlisted for
I three years more. In 1864 President
Lincoln issued orders for 1900 men
who had followed the sea and who
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the navy. Mr.. Foster having been
born in a seaport town and accustomed
to the sea was transferred to the navy
and was with Farragut on the United
States slOOp of war Richmond; was
honorably discharged July Is, 1865.
Followed the sea for twelve years,
moved with his family to Washington
Territory and has been since then at
South bend on Shoalwater bay in Pa
cific coanty near the mouth OF Villa
pa. Is proprietor of the South Bend
hotel.
e. GAUDY.
Representative Gaudy, of Spokane
county, resides in Spokane Falls. He
has been i'll the county fourteen years
and also that length of time in the
Territory. He was born at FOn du
Lac, Wis, in 1917 served through the
war in the Union army as private, ard
at the close of the war was commits
stoned IL surgeon in the regular army.
He is now a physician in Spokane
Falls.
J. ID. GEOGHEGAN.
JOnn ~. GeOSneSan pronounced
Gaygen,) of Clarke county, is veteran
of the late war, and was once q pris-
Oner at Ande.sonville. He is a solid
looking man, with full beard, and is
well liked by all who know him. He
was born in Galway, Ireland, about 46
years ago, came to this country in
1916, attended public school in New
York City, enlisted at st. Paul, Mimi,
April, 1862; served through the war
and was commissioned in the regular
army in 1866. He resigned in the fall
of 1869, came to this coast in 1872,
and served through the Modoc and
Nez Perce Indian campaigns. lie
went to Vancouver in 1879, and has
resided there ever since. He is in the
flour, feed and grocery trade, is mar
ried and has four children.
CHARLES GILCHRIsT.
Mr.. Gilchrist, OF Centralia, Lewis
county, is banker. He has had
varied career, was born in Scotland
forty-eight years ago, on the banks of
the Clyde; educated i'll the public
schools of Scotland; came to Canada
when 20 years of age; shipwrecked on
the Anchor line steamship United
States. He went to work on ranch
and soon owned one; went to the gold