"Hughes, Mrs. Flora Eloris Payne, died January 9, 1916. She was the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Payne, pioneers of 1853.

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THE PIONEER DEAD OF 1916[Miss Prosch has continued the work begun by her father byagain furnishing this annual feature of the Quarterly. Owing to sadafflictions in her own family, she fears that she may have omittedsome records, but she has done the best she could. The Quarterly isgrateful for her help.-Editor.]Hughes, Mrs. Flora Eloris Payne, died January 9, 1916. Shewas the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. James H. Payne, pioneers of 1853.Mrs. Hughes was born near Halsey, Oregon, in 1858. The familymoved to Seattle in 1869, and Miss Payne attended the Universityof Washington. She married William H. Hughes in 1878. She issurvived by her husband and a daughter.Burnett, Charles H., one of the earliest coal operators on PugetSound, died January 9, after a short illness, aged 68 years. Mr. Bur-nett came with his parents to Port Gamble, from Providence, RhodeIsland, in 1857. For many years Mr. Burnett engaged in a generalmerchandise business in Seattle, his partner being C. P. Stone. In1884 he became interested in coal mining and was at different timessuperintendent of mines at Newcastle and at Renton and later he hadan interest in a mine at Burnett, Washington.Wolf, Mrs. Regina, wife of Simon Wolf, was 77 at the timeof her death, January 9. She was. born in Bavaria, but came whenvery young to America. She crossed the plains in 1860 and lived inPortland for many years. She and her husband were the secondJewish couple married there. She has lived in Seattle for twentyyears.Clarke, Wellington, speaker of the Washington Territorial Houseof Representatives in 1886, died in Los Angeles in January. He wasborn in California in 1856. In 1880 he moved to Walla Walla andformed a partnership with Judge T. J. Anders and Judge ThomasH. Brents. Of late years he has resided in California.Glore, Michael, died in Caldwell, Idaho, January 6. He wasborn in Illinois in 1837. At the age of 16 he crossed the plains withan ox team to California. He moved to Seattle in 1874.Fleming, C. P., an Indian War veteran, died January 21 at Gar-l'ard Creek, in Lewis County. He was a pioneer of 1852.(32)Pioneer Dead, of 1916 33Dunlap, S. S., a pioneer of 1858, died the last of January, nearHoquiam. He had been a hermit for many years and died alone in hiscabin on the East Hoquiam River. He was over 80 years of age.Van Brunt, William D., of Bellingham, passed away on his 88thbirthday, January 27, 1916. He was born in Pennsylvania and livedfor a short time in Utah and also in California before coming toWashington. He served two enlistments in this territory, during theIndian War of 1855-56, the first as a member of Company D. Wash-ington Territorial Mounted Volunteers, the second time in Captai~Oliver Shead's guards in the First Regiment of the Second Washing-ton Territorial Volunteers. He moved from Steilacoom to WhatcomCounty in 1880, where he had a ranch on which he lived until a shorttime before his death.Brewer, Mrs. Margaret, a pioneer of the Willamette Valley of1852, and of Mound Prairie, Washington, of 1859, died at her son'shome in Hoquiam, February 2, aged 81 years. She was born inGeorgia. Soon after her marriage she came to Oregon. She was ofthe party which was lost in the Cascade Mountains for three months,during which time they suffered extreme privation, men, women andchildren dying of starvation and disease. Her husband was at onetime agent at the Oakville Indian Reservation.Templeton, William, was a pioneer of 1847. He was born inMissouri in 1845, and died in Seattle, February 14, 1916. His parentstook up a homestead near Brownsville, Oregon, where he continuedto live until a short time before his death, when he moved to Wash-ington. His wife was the eldest daughter of Ezra Meeker, and he issurvived by six sons and a daughter. Mr. Templeton was activelyinterested in the affairs of the Presbyterian Church, of which for overfifty years he was an elder.Denny, Orion 0., first white boy born in Seattle, passed awayFebruary 26. He was the second son of Arthur A. and Mary A.Denny, who headed the party that established homes at Alki Pointin November, 1851, and later were instrumental in the founding ofSeattle. Mr. Denny was born July 17, 1853, in a log cabin on thepresent site of the Stevens Hotel in Seattle. He was one of theearliest students of the University. He took up marine engineeringas a young man, and he was chief engineer at one time on the steamerLibby, and at another time on the well-known Eliza Anderson. Heretired from business ten years ago, and since then had traveled exten-sively.34 Edith G. ProschNoyes, Mrs. Melissa L., had been a resident of Washington since1859. She died March 16, aged 80 years. Mrs. Noyes was bornin Maine, May 30, 1835. Her husband came to Port Gamble in 1857and she and her five-year-old daughter cros~ed the Isthmus two yearsalter to join him. The family lived at Port Gamble for twenty years,and at Utsalady ten years and later they made their home at MountVernon.Frost, Mrs. Jane, was born in Lewis County in 1858, the daughterof C. C. Padgett, and she died at Chehalis, March Q1, 1916. Shelived for many years at Winlock and also on the Cowlitz River.Creswell, Donald C., was born in Illinois in 1830. He came westin 185Q, settling near Salem, Oregon. He moved in a short time toBenton County, Washington, where he lived until 1900, when he movedto Walla Walla. He died there at the home of hi~ daughter, March~l.Grennon, Mrs. Genevieve, aged 81 years, was a native of Wash-ington. She was the daughter of M. Plomandon, and was born at atrading post near Spokane, her father being in the employ of theHudson's Bay Company. Mrs. Grennon lived at the Hudson's Bayposts at Fort Nisqually and in Victoria. She died in Tacoma at thehome of her daughter, March QQ.Callbreath, Captain John C., died at the Kenny Home, Seattle,April 9, aged 90 years. He came around the Horn in a sailing vesselto California in 1849. He was one of the earliest legislators of Cali-fornia, and represented his state in Congress for several terms. Hewent up into the Cassiar country and located mines and built a tradingpost on the Stikine River. Twenty years ago, while in Alaska, he losthis eyesight and since then has lived in retirement. He is survivedby two sons.McDonald, John Fulton, a pioneer of California and a residentof Seattle since 1897, died April 1~ at his home. He was born inConnecticut in 1836. In 1858 he went to California, where he livedfor forty years before coming to Seattle.Wolf, Simon, a pioneer of Oregon, died at his home in Seattle,April 14, closely following his wife, who passed away in January ofthe same year. He was born in Poland and came to Oregon in 1860,where he was a merchant for many years. He is survived by twodaughters.Bunch, Mrs. Sarah Isabell, was a pioneer of 185~, living nearPioneer Dead of 1916 35Brownsville, Oregon, for forty years. She died April 16, aged 72years. Mrs. Bunch had lived in Hoquiam for a short time, later mov-ing with her family to EIma, Washington.Murray, Mrs. Henry, passed away in her chair at her home inTacoma, April 22, while weaving a quilt. She was 84 years old. Herparents were pioneers of the Red River of the North. They wereJohn Ross and Isabell Melville Ross. When she was six years old,with her parents, she came to Fort Vancouver with Dr. John Mc-Loughlin, where her father was employed by the Hudson's BayCompany. Later the family moved to Victoria. She was married in1851 to Mr. Murray at a place near the present site of Dupont, theceremony being performed by Colonel Ebey. They settled on MuckCreek near Tacoma, where they resided for many years.Jenner, Charles K., was a resident of the Pacific Coast since1850. He was born in Wisconsin in 1846 and came with his parentsto California four years later. He obtained his education there andwas admitted to the bar in 1871. In 1876 he moved to Seattle wherehe practiced law for many years and was prominent in the affairs ofthe city.Hill, Robert Crosby, of Port Townsend, was one of the best-known pioneers of the state. He was born in Pennsylvania in 1829and came by the Isthmus of Panama to California in 1850 and toWashington in 1853, settling near his two brothers on Whidby Island.He served during the Indian War on the staff of Major Van Bokelen.About 1870 he moved to Port Townsend and with Col. Henry Landesand his brother, Tathaniel Hill, formed the First National Bank.Thereafter he was actively interested in all that pertained to thegrowth and welfare of Port Townsend. He was prominent amongMasons, by whom his funeral was conducted. He died May 1, 1916.Byles, Mrs. Mary, was a pionee,r of 1852. She was the widowof David Byles. Her death occurred June 11. Mrs. Byles was 88years old, and she had been a resident of Elma for many years.Bornstein, Mrs. Louisa, died July 11 at her home in Seattle. Shewas born in San Francisco in 1855 and come with her husband to Se-attle in 1881. Her husband, Julius Bornstein, was a prominent mer-chant of this city. Mrs. Bornstein was closely associated with all be-nevolent work from the time of her arrival in Seattle.Gillespie, John W., died July 18 in Seattle, aged 69 years. Hewas a native of Wisconsin. With his parents he came to this coa~tS6 Edith G. Proschby the way of the Isthmus in 1855. He lived for a time in Portlandbefore coming to Whidby Island in 1857.Ross, Mrs. Mary Jane McMillan, has been a resident of Seattlesince 1858. Her father was a well-known clergyman of Oregon,where he moved in 1853. She came to Seattle shortly after her mar-riage to John Ross, and has been a resident of Seattle ever since. Herdeath occurred July 27.Jacobs, Hiram J., was a son of the pioneer jurist, Orange Jacobs.He was born in Oregon in 1860 and graduated from the law depart-ment of the University of Michigan. He died July 28. Mr. Jacobsis survived by his mother, three brothers and three sisters.Alexander, Joh~ S., died at his home in Olympia, August 12. Hewas born in Wisconsin in 1886. At the age of 15 he cI;ossed the plainsto Portland, Oregon, and from there came by the schooner Exact toOlympia, at the time that the Denny family was brought to Alki Point.He served in the Indian War, being stationed at Fort Ebey on theSnohomish River. Later Mr. Alexander took up a homestead atCoupeville, on Whidby Island. He was married in Port Townsendin 1860 to Miss Anna Lanning, who passed away at her home inOlympia. At one time Mr. Alexander was deputy collector of customsin Seattle. During the Klondike gold excitement he had charge ofthe building of a fleet of steamers for the Yukon River. After an ab-sence of sixty years from Olympia he returned there to end his days.Denny, Mrs. Louisa Boren, the first bride in Seattle, died at herhome in Seattle, August 31, aged 89 years. She was the daughter ofRichard Freeman Boren and Sarah Latimer Boren. Her mother latermarried John Denny, the father of Arthur A. Denny and her husbandDavid T. Denny. Mrs. Denny was the last of the original band ofadults who came to Alki Point in November, 1851. She married Mr.Denny, January 23, 1852. They took up a donation claim on theshores of Lake Union.Rabbeson, Mrs. Lucy A., aged 81, widow of Captain A. B. Rabbe-son, Indian War veteran, and daughter of Nelson Barnes, pioneer of1845, died September 4, in Tacoma. Mrs. Rabbeson was born in NewYork in 1835. In 1845 the family crossed the plains to Oregon. Herfather had one of the first grist mills in Washington.Henry, Mrs. Eliza B., for 63 years a resident of the North-west, and for 54 in Washington, died in Seattle, September 9, andwas buried in Olympia. She was the widow of the late Judge FrancisPioneer Dead of 1916 37Henry, prominent in the early hill.tory of the territory. Mrs. Henrycrossed the plains in 1853.Crawford, Samuel LeRoy, was a native of Oregon, having beenborn near Oregon City, June 22, 1855. His parents were pioneers of1847. Mr. Crawford lived in Oregon in early boyhood but moved toOlympia in 1869. He came to Seattle in 1876 to take charge of themechanical department of the Daily Intelligencer. In 1880 he andThomas W. Prosch purchased the paper and he remained with it afterits consolidation with the Post. In 1888 he formed a partnership withC. T. Conover to engage in the real estate business and he was con-nected with the same firm until his death, October 11. He was an ar-dent baseball enthusiast and introducep. the game to Seattle. Mr.Crawford was known far and wide for his many benevolences, givingnot only of his money but of his time and influence.Cochran, Jesse F., veteran of the Mexican and Civil Wars, diedOctober 17, aged 93 years. He was born in Indiana in 1828 andjoined an Indiana regiment to fight under General Scott in the Mexi-can campaign. In 1857 he came to California, attracted thither by thegold discoveries. Later he went to Alaska and then to Puget Sound,but at the outbreak of the Civil War, he went back to Indiana and en-listed, serving throughout the war. In 1869, Mr. Cochran came toSeattle, following his trade of sign painting. He joined the rush toAlaska in 1897, where he suffered many hardships. Later he went toGoldfield, Nevada, during their mining excitement. He is survived bynine sons and daughters.Brents, Judge Thomas H., died at his home in Walla Walla, Oc-tober 28, at the age of 76 years. He was born in Illinois in 1840 andcrossed the plains to Oregon in 1858 settling in Clackamas County,where he remained until 1855. In 1860 he went to Klickitat County,in Washington, where he herded sheep day by day and studied lawat night. Judge Brents moved to Walla Walla in 1870 and took upthe practice of law. He was elected delegate to Congress in 1878 andwas re-elected in 1880 and again in 1882. He was elected to theSuperior judgeship of Walla Walla County in 1896, and held thatposition until 1912.Porter, Nathaniel E., a Whidby Island pioneer, died at his homenear Austin, October 27. He was born in Nova Scotia in 1837, andhe early showed his love for the sea by varying trips made to remoteparts of the world. In 1857 he decided to give up his roving lifeand he went to California and came to Puget Sound in 1859, taking up38 Edith G. Proscha donation claim on the west side of Whidby Island. Here he en-gaged in farming for himself and family, providing them with a com-fortable home.Weir, Allen, died at Port Townsend, October 81, after a lingeringillness, resulting from an automobile accident, in which State SenatorD. S. Troy was killed. Mr. Weir was born in California in 1854. Hecame to the Sound a~ a very young man, living in Olympia for sometime. In 1874 he purchased the Puget Sound Argus and publishedit in Port Townsend for many years. He was closely associated withthe political life of the territory and state. Mr. Weir has residedin Olympia during the last years of his life.Munroe, Mrs. Elizabeth, aged 73 years, a resident of Washingtonsince 1853, died in Tacoma, October 31. She came to Thurston Countywith her stepfather, Franklin Kennedy, when she was fourteen yearsold. She was a cousin of Michael T. Simmons, one of the earliest ofthe Puget Sound pioneers.Steward, Mrs. Angeline, died at her home in Vancouver, November8, aged 77 years. She was a native of Missouri and crossed the plainsin 1852. She was married to George Steward in Oregon. They movedto Vancouver in 1862, since which time it has been her home.Chambers, Thompson McLain, was a resident of Pierce Countyfor 71 years. He died at the home of his son in Tacoma, November17, aged 82 years. He belonged to the family that gave its name toChambers Prairie and Chambers Creek. He served in the IndianWar of 1855-56 as second lieutenant.Isaacs, Mrs. H. P., died at her home in Walla Walla, November18. With her parents, Colonel and Mrs. Fulton, she came to Oregonfrom Illinois in 1855 and to Walla Walla in 1864. She was one ofthe first advocates of equal suffrage in Washington.Israel, George C., one of the best-known criminal lawyers ofWashington, died November 26, 1916. Mr. Israel was born in Cali-fornia in 1858. He practiced law in Baker City, Oregon, in Californiaand in Olympia before coming to Seattle. He was connected withmany of the greatest criminal trials in the state.Drumheller, Mrs. Martha A., a pioneer of 1859, died at her homein Walla Walla, December 16, aged 72 years. She wa~ a member ofthe Maxson family, which came to Walla Walla in 1859. She marriedJesse Drumheller, a pioneer of 1862. He was an Indian fighter andone of the largest land holders of his county.Pwneer Dead of 1916 39Duncan, William, known to many as "Big Bill," died in Seattle,December 17. He had the unique distinction of being the most promi-nent cab driver in Seattle, conveying many of the best-known visitorsabout the city. He was born in San Francisco in 1856.Murphy, John Miller, former editor and owner of the WashingtonStandard of Olympia, died at his home there December 20. He wasthe dean of Washington newspaper men. Mr. Miller established theStandard in 1860 and edited it continuously until 1911. At thetime of the fiftieth anniversary of its founding in 1910, a golden jubileewas held and scores of newspaper men attended from Oregon andWashington. He was born in Indiana in 1839. In 1850 he came withthe Barnes family to Olympia. He had the first news route in Portlandfor the Oregonian. During his residence in Olympia he was territorialprinter. Mr. Miller was ever an ardent upholder of the Democraticparty in Washington.Barr, Mrs. Margaret Jane, died in Roslyn, December 80. Shewas born in Ohio in 1827, her parents later moving to Iowa, where shemarried Samuel Barr in 1849. He came west to Oregon in 1852, andMrs. Barr followed him in 1859. They resided in Portland until1870, when they moved to Grays Harbor, where the family took upa homestead.EDITH G. PROSCH.

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