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

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December) Like other Vermont boys
he enjoyed frst-class educational IA
cilities, which in his case were early
interrupted by an attack OF the "war
fever" In '62 he joined one Of the
Vermont regiments and was in the
battle of Gettysburg before he was
fourteen years old. He served until
the close of the war, serving the last
year under Custer. After the war he
attempted. to attend a military univer-
sity, but soon got tired of playing
soldier, and entered the regular army
in '66, serving in most of the Indian
wars of the last twenty years. He
came out to Washington during the
Joseph war of II and was discharged
from Fort C9ur dAlene in the fall of
-. He has since lived in Spokane
county. Is resident of Rockford.
| JOHN CLEMAN.
The Representative from Yakima
county, is "a years of age. He was
born in Lane county, Oregon, and
has been in the Wenas valley, near
North Yakima, since 1865, long before
that thriving town was thought Of
He is successful stock raiser and far
mer, is married man and has fami-
ly. Mr.. Cleman was County Commits
sioner of Yakima county when elected
a Representative. He never held any
other office and says politics is q new
thing to him. He has host of friends
in the interior of the State.
One of the Representatives of Clarke
county, is thorough going stone
stone mason, and has been working at
his trade for some months in Seattle
He lives in Vancouver, has been in
the Territory ten years. He was born
in Oregon thirty-tive years ago.
JAMES NJ. coRNwELL.
One of the Representatives OF Walla
Walla county, was born in Little Or
leans, Orange county, Ind, August 7
1884. His parents lived OH farm
and the youthful advantages, educa
tional and otherwise, were those com
mon to the farmers sons. Mr.. Paytor
COrnwell, kentuckian by birth, the
father of James NJ, removed with hi
family in 1888 to Edgar county, Ill
The mother of James NJ. died in Hi
nOis when James was but 9 years old
and the home circle was broken up
In 1852 he and an elder brother crossed
the plains to Oregon, starting from
Illinois with only IS between them
On their perilous journey the brother.
experienced the hardships and ex
tremities of suffering which many o
the men who crossed the plains tina
year were forced 10 endure. Wher
the party with whom they had en-
gagged had proceeded ON their way a,
far as Fort Boise, Idaho, they realized
the fact their provisions were exceed
ingly short, and starvation stared then
in the face. To save the familie,
from starvation, the brothers, together
with others, started out on foot Will
three days rations to reach civilization
on the coast. After experiencing
much suffering from cold and hunger
the brothers reached Portland in Octo
ber, and turned their attention t
hunting and farming. James settlet
on farm in the timber. a few mile.
west OF Portland, and was engaged ir
farming there ten years. He was mar
ried October 20, 1859, to Miss Mary A
Stott, his present wife. In the spring
of 1861 he sold his Oregon farm ant
spent the summer in the Oro Fine
mines and in Walla Walla valley
Having taken up ranch near Dry
creek, six miles north of Walla Walla
he went to Oregon and returned with
teams, in company with his father-in
law, to occupy the new location. Thai
winter, one long to be remembered by
those who experienced it, proved q
financial shipwrcck TO him. During
the winter his teams died, and spring
found him with nothing but nerve and
health to begin life with again. In
1868 he purchased the farm On which
he still lives, nine miles from Walla
Walla. He has always been engaged
in farming and stock raising. and has
met with considerable success. lie
was elected Joint Representative to the
Territorial Legislature in 1881, repre-
senting Walla Walla and Whitman
counties. Although raised a Democrat
he is staunch Republican, and feels
q deep interest in the welfare of the
new State of Washington.
HENRY B. DAY.
Henry B. Day. Republican member
of the legislature OF Columbia county
was born in Tazewell county, Virginia
$780, He emigrated u Wisconsin in
1S47 and crossed the plains to Oregon
in 1850, went to the gold mines ol
Northern Cal fornia in 1851, returning
to Douglas county, Oregon in 1853
and located donation claim of 500
acres of land, remaining on the same
engaged in farming and stock raising
until 1859. thence to what is known
as the Walla Walla country with cat
tie, selling the same and going in
with the rush to the newly discovered
gold mines of Idaho and Montana, fol
lowing the various occupations such
as packing, trading and mining until
1870, after which time has been sue.
cessfully engaged in sheep raising, to.
gether with other stock, having lately
sold 10000 head of sheep. Is now q
resident of the prosperous city of Day
ton, and the banner farming country
of Washington.
Z. b. DEAN.
Representative Dean is a working
man and an enthusiastic Republican
He is also veteran of the war, having
served in the First and Eighteenth
Iowa infantry through the rebellion
is Al years of age, born in IroquOi:
county, ILL.,, and worked on farm in
Iowa, to which State his parents moved
He lived there until the war broke out
He is brick mason.
! A. II. EDDY.
A. H. Eddy, Representative of Sno
hOmish county, is Californian by
birth; he was born ut San Jose in
1853, moved to Illinois, thence tt
Texas, Colorado and California, ant
was surgeon and physician; he came
to the territory in 1881, and is now {
contractor and builder.
| JOHN ]. EDENs.
The Skagit county Representative, i.
a Kentuckian by birth from Marsha
county, is forty years of age, engaged
in numbering and farming at Guemes
emigrated to Illinois when twelve
years OF age, thence to Knox county
Mo-, Joined the Missouri State Militi.
| in 1861, and in 1862 enlisted in Tent
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