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Prosch, Edith G.

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.'THE PIONEER DEAD OF 1915[This record has become a feature of each January issue of theQuarterly. For a number of years it was compiled by Thomas W. Prosch.himself a distinguished pioneer. On his death. his daughter, Edith G.Prosch, consented to continue this valuable service. She has followed theplan used by her father by scanning the newspapers for the announcementsand selecting those cases for comment where the pioneer had come to thePacific Coast as early at 1860 or earlier.-Editor]Power. John M., was born in Ohio. September 23. 1835. and diedat Oak Harbor. January 11, 1915. He came to Olympia from Iowam 1859 and eventually settled as a farmer on Whidby Island.Scholl. Mrs. Elizabeth Fulton. died in Walla Walla on the 5th ofFebruary at the age of 72. She came with her parents. Colonel and Mrs.James Fulton. from Mississippi in 1847. The family settled in WascoCounty. Oregon. where they lived for half a century. She was marriedat The Dalles in 1863. to Louis Scholl. following his retirement fromthe United States Army. He afterwards took part in the Nez Perce Warand was draftsman for General O. O. Howard. She is survived by three6ons. Carl, Bismark and Louis.Griffith. Mrs. Rebecca, died February 26 at the home of her sonsnear Crawford. Clarke County. Washington. She was born in Mississippiin 1837 and came to Oregon in 1843. She resided for a number of yearsin Douglas County. Oregon. The last years of her life were spent withher sons on a farm in Clarke County, Washington.Mattoon. Mrs. Elizabeth Trullinger. was a pioneer of 1848. Shecrossed the plains with her parents. Daniel and Elizabeth Trullinger. inthat year. The family settled in the Williamette Valley ten miles fromSalem. In 1852 she married Runa Mattoon. She was born April 16.1838. and died at the home of her son near Walla Walla. February 26.1915.Chase. Mrs. Caroline. died in Olympia. March 5, at the home ofher son. Mr. C. D. King. She came to Puget Sound in 1855 and hasresided in Olympia ever since that time.Tollner, Mrs. Eliza J.. who has lived on the Pacific Coast since1849. died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. J. H. Irving. on the 7thof March. She was born in Ireland and came to America when she wastwo years old. Her husband was one of the first barbers in the North-(51)52 Edith G. Proschwest. She came to Puget Sound from California in 1863, and has re-sided in Olympia and Seattle.Phipps, William C., a pioneer of Oregon, died at the home of hisson at Toppenish, Washington, March 10. 1915, as a result of injuriesreceived when a conveyance in which he was riding was struck by a passen-ger train near Toppenish. He was born in Indiana in 1827, moved withhis parents to Missouri, and crossed the plains with his bride in 1853.They located near Portland on a donation claim. Later he moved toLaFayette. then to North Yamhill. and stiIllater to Polk County, Oregon.His four children settled in central Washington, and this brought himfrom his Oregon home to the country around North Yakima, where hislife was ended.Folsom, Col. Frederick W., died on March 8 at Junction City. Ore-gon. He went to California in 1857. He remained there for only amonth, coming that year to Portland and Walla Walla. His residencein Washington was of short duration, most of his life being spent in theWillamette Valley.Torrance. Mrs. Mary Jane, was the daughter of Lot Whitcomb,who. with Berryman Jennings and S. S. White, built the steamer LotWhitcomb at Milwaukie in 1850, the first American-owned steamer torun on the WiIlamette and Columbia Rivers. Mrs. Torrance was born in1833. Her husband was also one of the earliest steamboat men of Ore-gon. In 1875 the Torrance family removed to Eastern Washington andMrs. Torrance died in Spokane on March 8.Leonard, Mrs. Eva Hanselman. died in Tacoma, March 11. Shewas born in Vancouver. Washington, November 30, 1854. the daughterof Mr. and Mrs. Phillip Hanselman. Her father was a veteran of theMexican and Indian Wars. He came as a soldier to the United Statesgarrison at Steilacoom in 1859, and his family resided there until his termexpired. when they moved out on the prairie near the Flett homestead.After Mrs. Leonard's marriage to Winfield S. Leonard she moved toSteilacoom and later to Tacoma.Manville. Mrs. Adaline, died at the age of 80 years on March 11.at her home in Tacoma. She was born ir; Pennsylvania and in 1853came with her family to Oregon in the pioneer train of Capt. MedoremCrawford. She was married in 1859, and in 1882 located on a farmnear Tumwater. She was the mother of eleven children.DeVore, Mrs. Evelyn Babb. widow of Rev. John F. DeVore. thebuilder of the first Protestant Church in Washington, died in Tacoma,March 15. She was born in Ohio in 1829. one of thirteen children. HerPioneer Dead of 1915 53sister, Jane. married John F. DeVore. a Methodist minister. They cameto Puget Sound in 1853. Evelyn accompanying them. In 1860 Mrs.DeVore died. and in 1861 Evelyn married her brother-in-law. Theylived at Steilacoom. Olympia and The Dalles. Portland. Seattle and T a-coma. where Mr. DeVore died in 1889. Mrs. DeVore was one of thefirst school teachers in Steilacoom. She is survived by one son. George.Prosch, Thomas W .• who with his wife, Miss M. L. Denny andMrs. H. F. Beecher. lost his life on the 30th of March in an automobileaccident at Allentown. on the Duwamish River. was born in Brooklyn.New York. June 2. 1850. He was the only surviving child of Charlesand Susan Prosch. and came with his parents to the Pacific Coast in 1855.From San Francisco the family moved to Steilacoom in 1859. where hisfather published the Puget Sound Herald. In 1872 Thomas W. Proschbecame the owner of the Pacific Tribune. then published in Olympia.Later he moved it to Tacoma. and still later to Seattle. Selling that paper.he. with Samuel L. Crawford. bought the Intelligencer in 1879. In 1881they bought the Post and merged the two into the Post-Intelligencer. Whenhe sold his interest in this paper he devoted his time to his private affairs.and to writing articles concerning the Pacific Northwest. For two yearshe was postmaster of Seattle. receiving his appointment from PresidentGrant.Prosch, Virginia McCarver. was born April 17, 1851. at OregonCity. She was the daughter of Gen. Morton M. McCarver. who foundedTacoma. Her father was a pioneer of 1843. and her mother of 1847.The family lived in Oregon and Idaho before coming to Washington. thefinal home.Denny. Miss Margaret Lenora. daughter of Arthur A. Denny.founder of Seattle. was born in Illinois in 1847. and came with her parentsto Oregon in 1851. The family embarked at Portland on the schoonerExact and landed at Alki Point November 13. 1851. Miss Denny waswell-known and beloved for her gifts to charity. never failing to respondto the many calls upon her sympathy and generosity. The extent of hergifts to charity. and to affairs of historic interest in the State. will neverbe known.McMillin, Capt. Thomas H .• died in Seattle in April. He was theson of Rev. and Mrs. D. R. McMillin and was bom in Marion County,Oregon. in 1858. The family moved to Washington in 1862, residingat Kent for many years. Captain McMillin early became interested insteamboating, and followed this calling for thirty years. He built ninesteamers during his life.Olson. Gustav. was a pioneer of 1849. going to California with the54 Edith G. Proschgold seekers. He was born in Norway in 1828, and came to America in1842. He came to Seattle in 1867, but business necessitated his returnto California, where he remained until 1887. He spent much of his time,during the later years of his life, at his home on Bainbridge Island. Hedied in Seattle, April 28.Landry, Rene, was born in Arcadia, Quebec, Canada, December 5,1827. His family were among the earliest of the French settlers of thatprovince. Landry went to St. Louis in 1847, and in 1850 he crossed theplains to California. The Fraser River gold excitement brought him tothe Northwest and he lived at Fruitland, Washington, for thirty years.He died in Colville early in April, after a lingering illness of many months.Downey, Robert M., a resident of Pierce County since 1853, diedin Tacoma in May, 1915. The Downey f<lmily settled in Pierce County,taking up a donation claim. Warned by friendly Indians of an intendedmassacre of the whites, the family moved to Steilacoom, where they residedfor many years. Mr. Downey was born in Kentucky, November 23, 1841.Cooper, Mrs. Isaac, died suddenly in California, where she had goneto see the Exposition. Mrs. Cooper was widely known for her work inchurch and philanthropic circles. She was born in San Francisco in 1856.and she resided in Idaho before coming to Seattle, her home for manyyears. Her death occurred on May 5. She was president of the Ladies'Hebrew Benevolent Society for many years, and also president of theCouncil of Jewish Women and Ladies' Auxiliary of the Temple deHirsch, and she was an active worker in the Charity Organization Society.Constable, Mrs. Frances, who died at Cathlamet, Washington, May20, crossed the plains to Oregon in 1849. She was twelve years old atthe time. She has resided in Wahkiakum County for forty years.Cavitt, Mrs. Lydia, died May 19 at her home at Camas, Washing-ton. She was born in 1848 and went to California in 1853. She cameto the Northwest forty years ago.Byrd, George W .• was the son of Mr. and Mrs. Andrew Byrd.who came to Puget Sound in 1853. His father took up a claim on LakeSteilacoom, and built the first grist mill in the county. Byrd's Mill was alandmark for many years. George Byrd was born in Illinois, March 7.1843, and died at his home at Fern Hill, June 17.Hill, Captain John S., died at Wallace, Idaho, June 19. Hewas a sea captain and came around the Horn in 1850. He settled at anearly date on Commencement Bay. Captain Hill was one of the first mento operate a steamboat on Puget Sound. He was 83 at the time of hisdeath.Pioneer Dead of 191 5 55Longmire. Elcaine. proprietor of the famous Longmire Springs. anda member of one of the oldest families of Pierce County. died at the Springsafter a year's illness. on June 21. He was born in Indiana and came tothe Sound with his parents in 1853. He was a member of the first im-migrant train that crossed the Cascades by way of the Naches Pass. Hewas 74 years old. and is survived by a widow and eleven children.Lloyd, Mrs. Jane, aged 77. died at her home in Colfax. June 26.With her husband, she crossed the plains from Iowa to Benton County.Oregon. in 1851. moving to Waitsburg. Washington. in 1860. and toColfax in 1871. Her husband died twenty-nine years ago. She leaves sixsons and three daughters.Bogue. Mrs. Gilbert. died at her home in Seattle. June 21. She wasborn in San Francisco nearly sixty years ago. When she was two yearsold her parents decided to return to New York. Their vessel was wreckedwhile passing Cape Horn and her father was lost. She was married toJudge Bogue in Iowa. and the family came to Seattle in 1892.Nation. Mrs. Matilda. who has lived on the Pacific Coast since1860. passed away ·on June 22. She was a native of England and was88 years old at the time of her death. She lived in San Francisco for anumber of years. coming to Seattle in 1876.Henry, Dudley S. B., died in Olympia on July 5. at the age of 73.He crossed the plains in 1852 with his parents. His father, Anson B.Henry. was surveyor-general of Washington Territory. receiving his ap-pointment from President Lincoln.Forbes. Jared. a native of Philadelphia. came to this coast by wayof the Isthmus of Panama in the year 1852. In 1865 he made a horse-back trip from San Francisco through Oregon to Puget Sound. and fromthere to Walla Walla. He moved to Seattle in 1901. Mr. Forbes wasthe last of five brothers. all of whom lived to be octogenarians.Masterson. Mrs. M. G .• died at her home at Grand Mound. Wash-ington. July 26. She was born near Centralia in 1857. her parents beingearly French-Canadian settlers there.Smith. Dr. Henry A.. a pioneer physician, who was prominentlyidentified with the development of the Pacific Northwest, died August17, at his home at Smith's Cove. in Seattle. He made the trip by oxteam from Ohio in 1852. Dr. Smith took part in the Indian Wars. beingone of the last survivors of the Battle of Seattle. At one time he was resi-dent physician at the T ulalip Indian Reservation.Collier. W. H.. who died August 16. was born in Georgia in 1847.At the age of twelve he came to Puget Sound on the veisel of which his56 Edith G. Proschfather was master. His stay was short at that time (1859), but he re~turned to Seattle to make it his home in 1874. He was a marine engineer.Mr. Collier is survived by a widow, four daughters and two sons.Neely, David Franklin, a native son of Washington, died August28. He was born in King County in 1857. His family came to theWhite River Valley in 1856, taking up a claim near Kent. The IndianWar compelled them to abandon their claim for three years, the familyliving in Seattle during that time.Bruce, James W., was born at Eugene, Oregon, in 1859. He wastaken from Oregon when two years old to the valley adjacent to Waits~burg. There his father took up a claim. The son followed farming andacquired valuable agricultural holdings in the Walla Walla country.Strong, Gen. James Clark., was born in Ontario County, N. Y., onMay 6, 1826. At his death, in Oakland, CaL, September 3, 1915, hehad nearly reached his ninetieth birthday. He came to Oregon in 1849with his brother, William, who had been appointed a judge for the newTerritory. James Strong was living at Cathlamet, Wahkiakum County,when the representative to the first Territorial Legislature of Washingtonfrom that county died. Another was elected and died as he took the oathof office. Then Strong was elected. When he died, the last survivorof that first Legislature had gone. He h_ad had experience in the IndianWars and later in the Civil War.Rudio, Peter, a native of Germany, was a gold seeker of 1849.Mr. Rudio was born near Strasburg in 1825, coming to the United Statesin 1825. He was married at Corvallis, Oregon, in 1854. He died atCentralia, September 25, and was buried in Walla Walla.Bucklin, Nathan, a pioneer of 1859, died at his home near EagleHarbor, September II. He was :born in Maine in 1839. His first homeon Puget Sound was at Seabeck, moving from there to Eagle Harbor.Lindsley, Mrs. Abbie Denny, daughter of Mrs. Louisa Boren Denny,was born August 29, 1858, in Seattle, seven years after her parents, Mr.and Mrs. David T. Denny, had helped to found the city. She was wenknown as a writer, using the pen-name, Chelana. She was also skilful asa painter. Mrs. Lindsley had been seriously ill for two years before herdeath, at her home on Lake Chelan. Beside her husband, three daughtersand a son, she leaves her mother, a sister, Miss Emily Inez Denny, andtwo brothers, D. T. Denny and Victor Denny.Wallace, Mrs. Esther T allentire, was the widow of Captain DavidWallace, a well-known sea captain of the Pacific Coast. Mrs. Wallacewas born in Portland in 1846, her parents, Thomas and Agnes Tallentire,Pioneer Dead of 191 5 57having crossed the plains in 1845. Her parents moved to Steilacoom in1851. Her husband was master and pilot on the Sound as early as 1858.and later sailed to California for many years. Mrs. Wallace died Oc-tober 11 at the home of her daughter.Cann. Judge Thomas Hart, died October 25. He was a native ofIllinois. He went to California in 1854. He followed a gold rush fromCalifornia to the Snake River in Washington. He became express mess-enger for Wells-Fargo. carrying gold between the mines and Lewiston.It was a perilous life. full of thrilling adventures. which the Judge enjoyedrecalling in later years. He moved to Seattle thirty-five years ago. afterpioneering in California. Oregon. Idaho and Washington.Patton. John c.. a native of Cowlitz County, died at his home inKelso. the latter part of October. Mr. Patton was born on the Leonardhomestead. which now forms a part of West Kelso. November 15, 1859.His widow. a daughter and his mother survive him.Laman. Mrs. Agnes Woolery, of Walla Walla. ided in Seattle.November 28. Mrs. Laman was a member of the Ezra Meeker partywhich came to Steilacoom in 1853. She was then a child of eight. Shewas born in Missouri. After her marriage to J. D. Laman. she moved toW alla Walla. which thereafter was her home.Eustace. Michael. aged 85. died in Puyallup early in November.He was the last of a pioneer family, who settled in Pierce County sixty-five years ago. They took up a claim at Spanaway and Michael Eustacelived there continuously until a year ago. when he moved to Puyallup.He was a native of Ireland. His wife was a daughter of John Rigny.another of the early settlers of Pierce County.Heisen. Mrs. Mary E., a resident of Clarke County since 1850.died November 28 at Yacolt. Washington. aged 81. She came to Ore-gon by way of the Isthmus of Panama. when she was 16 years old.Murray. Mrs. Hester Clark, a pioneer of 1852. died at the oldhomestead at American Lake. December 5. at the age of 75. She wasborn in Missouri and when she was fifteen she came to Oregon. Theparty in which she traveled was visited by cholera. and she lost her parentsand a brother. The other children were taken to RickreaI, Oregon. andwere cared for by the Nesmith family. In 1871 she married GarmMurray. and they moved to Pierce County, where they took up a claimon Muck Creek. near American Lake.Impett. William Robert, was a pioneer of 1857. He was born inPhiladelphia. but early was taken to Canada. He was sent to Englandto finish his education and from there went to New Zealand and Australia.58 Edith G. ProschFrom Australia he went to California. and at the time of the Caribou goldexcitement he visited the mines in British Columbia. In 1860 he moved toSeattle. where he established his home. He was 81 years old when hedied. December 8.Allen. Robert Perry, who crossed the plains in 1854. died in Griggs-ville. Illinois. at the age of 86. He was on Puget Sound during the earlyfifties. but of late years has made his home in Illinois.Willis. Edwin A.. a native of England. died in Ellensburg at theage of 82. He came to America from England in 1854, and joined th~regular army. In California he enlisted in Company G. Third Artillery,in 1855 and was sent the following year to the scene of Indian disturbances.near Spokane. After the Indian War he engaged in business at TheDalles. and in 1883 he went to Ellensburg, which has since been his home.There he engaged in the mercantile business. He died on the 13th ofDecember.Reed, Silas Amory. 88 years old, died in Seattle, December 26.Mr. Reed went to California in 1849. where he engaged in mining for anumber of years. He moved to Seattle in 1891.Morse, Captain George W., died at his home in Oak Harbor, De-cember 23. Captain Morse came of a ship-building, sea-faring familyof Maine. At the age of nine his father took him on a voyage to Europe.In 1850 the young man shipped on the Macedonia to San Francisco, andthen by India, around the world. On his return he again shipped for Cali.fornia. At the Golden Gate he gave up sailing, going in to the mines. wherehe engaged in freighting. In 1858 he visited the Fraser River mines.When that excitement was over he moved to Washington, living for atime on the Nooksack River, and later at Oak Harbor. For a time he wassub-Indian agent at Tulalip. He was a member of the first State Legis-lature, and was returned to three of the later sessions. He was 85 yearsold.Cooper, Charles. of Cooper Brothers' Logging Company, died atthe logging camp on Hood Canal, December 28. He was born in 1860,near Port Ludlow, Washington. He went to Alaska in 1900, where heremained four years, after which he returned to Hood Canal, where hehas since been continuously engaged in the logging business.EDITH G. PROSCH.

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