Whitman County, Washington Biographical Brevities

The following are biographical “brevities” or short sketches of individuals. They appeared often in publications with limited space and resources, that still wanted to provide details of living residents in order to encourage their purchase of the publication. The source of these is the Historic Sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Garfield Counties, Washington Territory, and Umatilla County, Oregon .

  • Becker, F. W.: lives in Colfax, and is a butcher; was born in Hesse Castle, Germany; came to San Francisco in 1869, and to this county in 1880.
  • Benton, James
  • Bishop, Jesse
  • Boone, H. M.
  • Bragg, L. T.
  • Coply, Henry
  • Cram, C. A.
  • Davenport, Walt J.
  • Davis, James A.
  • Dickinson, Frank
  • Fincher, Emsley
  • French, Cyrus
  • Hamilton, J. N.
  • Hills, Alfred A.
  • Hills, George A.
  • Hoover, J.
  • Hungate, J. A.
  • Kirby, Joel, A.
  • McClure, J. A.
  • McCord, H. H
  • McCue, John
  • Newland, W. S.
  • Olds, H. A.
  • Olds, Luther
  • Perkins, J. A.
  • Preffer, Daniel
  • Ragsdale W. P.
  • Skeels, C. W.
  • Smith, T. J.
  • Spalding, Henry H.
  • Spencer, Sarah J.
  • Stephens, S. D.
  • Stratton, H. T.
  • Tayler, J. S.
  • Truax, George W.
  • Walker, Dillard
  • Wicks, James R.
  • Wiley, Justus H.
  • Wilson, R. J.

Source: Gilbert, Frank T. Historic Sketches of Walla Walla, Whitman, Columbia and Garfield Counties, Washington Territory, and Umatilla County, Oregon. Portland, Or.: Printing House of A.G. Walling, 1882.

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