An Illustrated History of the State of Washington (Paperback)

This historic book may have numerous typos and missing text. Purchasers can download a free scanned copy of the original book (without typos) from the publisher. Not indexed. Not illustrated. 1894 Excerpt: ...creek, and would have undoubtedly massacred if the troops had not arrived in time to rescue him. After Mr. McEvoy's term of enlistment had expired he was discharged, and then went to work in the quartermaster's department, where he remained five years, thus making ten years of service for Uncle Sam. He then took up a claim on Garrison creek, four miles southwest of Walla Walla, where he still lives, heing one of the oldest settlers in the county, having come to Walla Walla when there were no houses in the place. Our subject was married, March 10, 1859, to Miss Eliza Bann, a native of Ireland, who came to America in 1856, and they have a family of nine children, as follows: Patrick, now living in Portland; Charles, in Farmington; Sarah, Kate, John, George, David, Mary, and William. For a man who arrived in this country with only a six-pence in his pocket, he has done well, having become a man of means and one who is respected the county over. q'RANT COPELAND, one of the enterprisV ing and industrious young farmers of Walla Walla county, Washington, was "born in Walla Walla county, March 31, 1866, and now resides on the old homestead where he was born and where he was reared, He attended the common schools of the district until he was grown and then completed his education at the Whitman College of Walla Walla. He is the youngest son of eight children born to Henry S. and Mary A. (Morton) Copeland, the former a native of Vermont and the latter of Illinois. They crossed the plains in 1849 to California. Our subject was the youngest of the family and fell heir to the old Lome of 430 acres, 200 of which is in cultivation and the rest in pasture. Here he raises on an average about 6,000 bushels of grain every year. He handles some cattle and secures quite a ...