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Biographies included on this page are those of JOHN A. CAMPBELL, JOHN L. CAMPBELL, DANIEL CURRIE, THOMAS A. CASEY, CHARLES DOCKENDORF, JOHN R. HAWKINS, H. P. HOWARD, JOHN O. MORRIS, JOHN R. ROBB, EDWARD A. SHADBOLT and GEORGE G. STARTUP.
Self-reliance, an energetic nature, intelligence and ambition were the youthful patrimony of John A. CAMPBELL and with these assets he has made his own way in the world. He is now numbered among the prosperous ranchers and dairymen of the Fortson district and has also found time for public affairs, conscientiously discharging the duties and obligations of citizenship.Mr. Campbell was born June 19, 1862, on Prince Edward's island in the Gulf of St. Lawrence, and is one of the seven sons of John and Catherine Campbell who were of Scotch ancestry and natives of the same island. The subject of this sketch has a sister, Mary Jane, and his brothers are Alexander, Angus, Innocent, Marshall, Philip and Stephen. John A. Campbell received a limited education and remained with his parents until he reached his majority. In 1882 he went to the province of Manitoba and for two years worked for a railroad. On the expiration of that period he crossed the border into the United States and for two years was employed in lumber camps near Astoria, Oregon. He came to Washington in 1886, spending three years in Seattle, and in 1890 journeyed to Snohomish county. He took up his present homestead which is situated one and a half miles east of Fortson, and brought his family to this district in 1892 but in the intervening period of two years was in Seattle much of the time. While clearing the land and developing his ranch he augmented his income by railroad and logging work and had charge of a crew of men when the Darrington spur line was under construction, after which he was similarly employed in Montana. He made his home in Arlington, Washington, for two years. The log house of seven rooms which he erected on his farm is one of th picturesque and unique dwellings of this locality. He has twenty acres under cultivation and his land produces abundant harvests, rewarding the care and labor bestowed upon it. He has a herd of milch cows and his dairy is modern and completely equipped. He has some horses and also raises a good grade of hogs.
In 1888 Mr. Campbell was married in Seattle to Miss Elizabeth O'Connor, the only child of Patrick and Anna (McGuire) O'Connor, lifelong residents of Ireland. Mrs. Campbell was born March 17, 1866, and when a young firl of seventeen made the voyage to Canada. She lived with an uncle for a number of years and made the trip to Seattle shortly before her marriage. She has become the mother of five children. Mrs. Katherine Ritchie, the eldest, is living in British Columbia, and has a son, Marshall, born July 11, 1922. Mrs. Anna M. Terrell is a resident of Everett, Washington. Mrs. Lillian Ball has a son Gaylord, who was born May 30, 1918. John F., the next of the family, is living on the home ranch and assists his father in its operation. He is married and has two children: Jack, who was born January 17, 1921; and Jean, born April 8, 1922. Mrs. Margaret Swanson, the youngest daughter has two children: Margaret Jean, who was born February 24, 1920 ; and Maurice, born July 3, 1924.
Mr. and Mrs. Campbell are faithful communicants of the Catholic church and along fraternal lines he is connected with the Ancient Order of United Workmen and with Everett Council, No. 763, Knights of Columbus. He is a member of the Snohomish County Dairymen's Association, and his political views are in harmony with the tenets of the democratic party. His contribution to the general welfare covers six years; service as road foreman and twenty years as school director of Fortson, which for about eight years he was deputy county assessor. Mr. Campbell is a progressive agrivulturist and a useful citizen whose influence upon the life of his community has been of the highest order.
For thirty-six years a resident of Snohomish county, John L. Campbell has experienced many phases of pioneer life in thes region and one of the productive, well improved ranches on the river road in the viscinity of Darrington is the visible result of his life of industry and rightly directed endeavor. A native of Canada, he was born May 30, 1870, on Prince Edward island, which was also the birthplace of his parents, Ronald and Mary (Dailey) Campbell. The latter passed away on that island in 1871, John L. being the only son of his father's first mariage. Ronald Campbell was of Scotch descent and followed the occupation of a ship builder and also engaged in agricultural pursuits. He resided on his native island until 1902, when he came to northwestern Washington and made his home with his son John until his demise on September 3, 1910.John L. Campbell received a public school education and aided his father in tilling the soil. In 1888 he started out for himself and for some time worked in logging camps near Seattle, Washington. In 1890 he proceeded to Arlington and took up a tract of one hundred and sixty acres five miles west of Darrington. There were few settlers in the district and no road nearer than Oso. He blazed a trail to his place; built a small house of logs, and applied himself to the difficult task of clearing his land. In order to obtain a livelihood he worked for others during several months in the year, and as time passed he prospered in his undertakings, never fearing that laborious effort which must always precede advancement. Since 1920, he has devoted all of his time to the development of the ranch and now has about twenty acres under cultivation. The place is efficiently managed and ranks with the best in this locality. Mr. Campbell has nine Guernsey cows of good grade and his principal crops are hay, grain and potatoes. His standards of farming are high, and his work is carefully planned.
Mr. Campbell was married January 10, 1902, to Miss Elizabeth Creedican, a daughter of Michael and Mary (Clarke) Creedican. Her father was born in England, and his parents were natives of Ireland. He became a miner and carpenter and in 1883 sought the opportunities of the United States. He lived for four years in Pennsylvania and then came to the Puget Sound country, settling in King county, Washington. His wife was born in Ireland in 1857 but went to England in early life and they were married in that country. To Mr. and Mrs. Creedican were born eight children: Thomas, Ann, Elizabeth, Mary, Patrick, James, Joseph and Margaret. Elizabeth was born August 29, 1880, and resided at home until her marriage. Mr. Creedican passed away August 11, 1911, and his widow now makes her home in Tacoma, Washington. Mr. and Mrs. Campbell have a family of eight children. Mary, the oldest, received a good business education. She was married November 22, 1922, to Clifton Roy English and is living in the city of Tacoma. The others are Catherine Ann, Clara Agnes, Catherine Marguerite, Helen Elizabeth, Joseph Francis, Edward Donald and Robert Louis. Mary is a native of Tacoma, but the younger children were born on the homestead at Darrington.
The family are communicants of the Catholic church, and Mr. Campbell is a member of the Snohomish County Dairymen's Association and Snohomish Aerie of the Fraternal Order of Eagles. He is an adherent of the republican party and for several years has been a member of the White Horse school board. He is ever ready to serve his community when needed and merits and receives the respect and confidence of his fellowmen.
For more than a quarter of a century, Thomas A. Casey has been numbered among the prominent and prosperous residents of Sultan, where he has won well merited success in the real estate field. He is a native of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, and his birth occurred on the 10th of May, 1856. His father, James Casey, who was born in Ireland, came to America on a sailing vessel, being three months en route from County Meath to New York. He arrived in the new world during the latter '30s or early '40s and for a time remained a resident of the Empire state. He afterward became a pioneer settler of Wisconsin. He was a well educated man who in early life had qualified for work as an engraver, but after removing to the middle west he followed agricultural pursuits. He was very active in politics and was a loyal member of the Roman Catholic church. He married Maria Reburn, who was born in County Meath, Ireland, and both passed away in Wisconsin, the former at the age of fifty-six years, while the latter died in 1889, at the age of seventy-two.Thomas A. Casey was the ninth in order of birth in their family of ten children. He was educated in the public schools of Fond du Lac, Wisconsin, but his educational opportunities were quite limited, as he had the privilege of attending only until he reached the age of nine. He then began to earn his own livlihood and was first employed in a shingle mill, packing shingles at a wage of one dollar per day. During much of his life he has been connected with the business of shingle making. In 1872 he learned the molder's trade but followed it for only three years or through the time of his apprenticeship. He arrived in Washington in 1889 and first located at Tacoma, after which he removed to Buckley, where in connection with H. C. Knowles he began the manufacture of shingles, conducting business under the name of the Tom Casey Mill Company. These interests were incorporated and Mr. Casey was president of the company. He conducted that mill for about three years, after which he entered the real estate and insurance business, in which he has since been successfully engaged, negotiating many important property transfers. He was also one of the organizers and was for two years the secretary of the Citizens Bank of Sultan.
At Ludington, Michigan, Mr. Casey was united in marriage to Miss Hermine Herrgesell, a native of Germany and a daughter of Anton and Frances Hergesell, both of whom are deceased. Mr. and Mrs. Casey became the parents of the following sons and daughters: Margaretta, the mother of one child, Mercedes, and the wife of George Smart, who resides in St. Paul, Minnesota, and is general roadmaster for the Great Northern Railway; Mildred, residing at Wenatchee, Washington, who is the wife of Roy F. Smith and the mother of three children - Sarah, Maxine and Irwin; Ermine, residing in Portland, Oregon, who is the wife of E. B. Farrow and the mother of two children, Bernice and Robert; Vera, living at Renton, Washington, who is the wife of D. J. Chiasson and the mother of two children, Norman and Jact; T. Reburn, a resident of Sultan, Washington, who wedded Olive Cromer and has two children, Norene and Edward Reburn; Robert E., who is associated with his father in the real estate business; and two who are deceased.
Mr. Casey was made a Mason in Monroe, Washington, and afterward became one of the organizers of the Masonic lodge in Sultan. He belongs to the Sultan Commercial Club, having taken an active part in its organization and in instituting many movements put forth by the club for the city's improvement, especially in street and bridge building. He is an earnest democrat in politics and has made a most commendable record in the office of city treasurer of Sultan. For a period of ten years prior to 1923 he did effective work on the school board, the grade school being built durinbg that time. He served as chairman of the board of education of district No. 30 and as clerk of high school board No. 100. Mr. Casey is also a well known notary public. A contemporary biographer said of him: "He wields a wide influence over public thought and action, for it is recognized that his opinions are sound and that he is most public-spirited at all times. Starting out to earn his own living when a lad of but nine years, he is today at the head of business interests of importance and yet he has ever found time to aid and cooperate in movements that look to the welfare and benefit of the district in which he lives."
Daniel Currie, a pioneer realtor of Everett, has done much important work as a city builder and is well known throughout northwestern Washington in which he has resided for a period of forty-three years, coming to this region in territorial days. He was born on Prince Edward Island, November 11, 1861, and his parents, Donald and Hannah (Campbell) Currie, were natives of Scotland. They went to Canada as children, and Donald Currie was among the pioneer settlers of Prince Edward Island, on which he spent the remainder of his time, devoting his attention to agricultural pursuits. Death summoned him in 1878, when he was fifty-seven years of age, and his widow long survived him, passing away in 1912, at the venerable age of eighty-seven years. In their family were four children: James and Flora who still live on Prince Edward Island; John, who resides near Sacramento, California; and Daniel.Daniel Currie received a public school education and aided his father with the farm work, acquiring habits of industry and thrift and at the same time developing a strong physique. He remained at home until he reached the age of nineteen years and was afterward employed on farms in New Hampshire and Massachusetts. He left New England in 1882 and started for the Pacific coast, spending a year in California. He arrived in Snohomish county, March 17, 1883, and for several years worked in the lumber camps of Washington. In 1892, he was appointed deputy sheriff of Snohomish county, acting in that capacity for four years, and in 1896 was elected to the office of sheriff. He served acceptably for one term and during that time the county seat was moved from Snohomish to Everett. In 1899 he entered the real estate field, becoming head of the business of Currie and Stanford, In., with offices in Everett, and has been very successful in his undertakings. He platted Currie's addition and in development projects he not only studies present needs and conditions but looks beyond the exigencies of the moment to the opportunities and possibilities of the future. He is an expert valuator and has made the name of Currie synonymous with safety in real estate investment. He is usually consulted when important deals in local property are under considersation, and is also conducting a large business in insurance and loans.
On December 31, 1894, Mr. Currie was married in Snohomish to Miss Clara E. Burroughs, a native of Wisconsin, and they have become the parents of two sons. Donald C., the elder, was born at Everett in 1898. He married Gladys Wintermute, of Seattle, Washington, and is associated with his father in business. Robert B., born in 1900, married Evadne Hansen of Everett. He has been with an oil company for several years.
Mr. Currie is allied with the democratic party, and his fraternal relations are with the Ancient Order of United Workmen, the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and the lodge and encampment of the Independent Order of Odd Fellows. He belongs to the Cascade and Everett Golf and Country Clubs, of which he is a charter member, and has been president of the Everett Chamber of Commerce, of which he is now a director. He was a moving spirit in the project for the building of the new Hotel Monte Cristo, and loses no opportunity to exploit the resources and advantages of the city, which has received direct benefit from this constructive labors. He has an intimate knowledge of Everett's history, for he has witnessed every stage of its development, and his public spirit, generous nature and many admirable qualities have won him a high place in the esteem of his fellow citizens.
CHARLES DOCKENDORF Charles Dockendorf, who recently served as mayor of Stanwood, is the genial proprietor of the Rex Hotel and is also well known as a traveling salesman. He was born February 14, 1880, and is a native of Chicago, Illinois. His parents were Peter and Elizabeth (Dummermuth) Dockendorf, the former of whom was also engaged in the hotel business, and both have passed away. Charles Dockendorf attended the public schools of Chicago and after his education was completed entered the employ of the Rothschilds Company of that city. He soon proved his worth and was placed in charge of the sporting goods department. He was next associated with the Du Pont Powder Company and traveled for eleven years for that well known firm. In 1913 he came to Stanwood and in November of that year opened the Rex Hotel, which he has since conducted. He is a popular host and makes every effort to promote the comfort and well being of those who are his guests, maintaining very efficient service, and he has secured a liberal patronage. He also represents the Western Cartridge Company of East Alton, Illinois, traveling six months of the year.
In politics, Mr. Dockendorf maintains that independent attitude which is one of the hopeful signs of the times, indicating that men are standing for principle and for good government, refusing to follow the dictates of party leaders. He has always taken a deep interest in public affairs and while in the middle west was clerk of one of the small towns in Illinois, filling the position for four years. In 1923 he was elected mayor of Stanwood and served for four yrars, making a fine record in that office. Mr. Dockendorf is an ardent sportsman and belongs to several hunting and shooting clubs. He does professional shooting each year and for two years was in charge of all American trap shooting on the Pacific coast. He is one of the best marksmen in the northwest and has won many trophies. By nature he is frank, modest and unassuming, caring little for the artificialities of life, and his many friends entertain for him the highest regard.
JOHN R. HAWKINS John R. Hawkins was long a personality in transportation affairs, and for eighteen years, Everett has claimed him as a citizen. He has stimulated its development along several lines and is now a dealer in automobiles. He was born September 21, 1856, in Hannibal, Missouri, and his parents, Jamison Fielding and Sarah Ann (Smith) Hawkins were natives of Kentucky. They settled in Missouri and in 1849 the father joined the rush of gold seekers to California. He returned to Missouri at the end of a few years and was the builder of the Missouri, Kansas and Texas Railroad, serving for many years on its board of directors. He was a steamboat owner and also engaged in merchandising and farming. He was a man of large affairs and never failed to accomplish what he undertook, wielding a potent and beneficial influence.
John R. Hawkins attended the public schools of his native city and in 1874 was graduated from Hannibal College. He began his business career in the construction department of the Southern Pacific Railroad and showed marked aptitude for the work. He was superintendent of construction for the Mexican International Railway, building the line, and for five years was with that corporation. Later he went to Chester, Illinois as division superintendent of the Wabash Railroad and filled the position for ten years. On the expiration of that period he entered the service of the Detroit, Toledo and Irontown Railroad Company in the capacity of general superintendent and was next superintendent of the Memphis division of the 'Frisco system with which he was connected for three years. He then accepted the offer of general superintendent, tendered him by the Mobile, Jackson and Kansas City Railroad. He was afterward superintendent of the Beaufort division of the Norfolk and Southern Railroad Company and acted in that capacity for five years. His identification with transportation affairs covered three decades and his ability placed him with the most efficient railroad executives of the country. In 1908 he came to Everett and soon made his influence felt in business circles of the city, joining A. W. Barber and George A. Brown in organizing the Builders' Supply Company, of which he was treasurer for ten years. He next became president and treasurer of the Everett Fruit Products Company and filled those offices for a year. In November, 1923, Mr. Hawkins purchased the business of the C. V. Allen Motor Company and has since devoted his attention to the automotive trade. He handles the Hudson, Essex and Packard cars, and his repair shop is well equipped, turning out first class work. The business is in a prosperous condition and his sales are steadily increasing.
In 1900 Mr. Hawkins was married in Detroit, Michigan, to Miss Nellie J. Ford, a daughter of Ira C. Ford, of Fenton, that state. Mr. Hawkins is not bound by party ties, but casts his ballot for the men and measures that he deems will best conserve the public weal. He belongs to the Everett Automobile Club and the Automotive Trades Association. He is connected with the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks and in Masonry has attained the thirty-second degree. A tireless worker, Mr. Hawkins has made the most of life, discharging every duty and obligation to the best of his ability, and his friends are legion.
H. P. HOWARD, M.D., F.A.C.S. Dr. H. P. Howard has practiced in Everett for nearly thirty years and his pronounced ability has placed him with the foremost surgeons of northwestern Washington. A native of Canada, he was born in 1866 on Prince Edward Island, on which his parents, John and Elizabeth (Balderson) Howard, were also born. He spent his boyhood on his father's farm and prepared for his chosen calling the the University of Pennsylvania, from which he was graduated in 1892 with the M. D. degree. Dr. Howard came to Everett in the same year, but did not remain, having decided to locate in Oregon, and he practiced in that state for five years. He became a permanent resident of Everett in 1897, and the sureness and precision of his work in surgical cases, combined with his broad scientific knowledge, have brought him to a position of leadership in his profession. He has ministered to many of the old families of the city and draws his patients from a wide area.
In 1892, Dr. Howard married Miss Grace Ross, who was also a native of Canada and who passed away in 1910, leaving a daughter, Doris, who resides at home. The Doctor's second union was with Miss Ada Purser, who was born in the state of Washington, and they have a son, Henry Pope, Jr., age five years. Dr. Howard is a member of the Everett Golf and Country Club, and is a thirty-second degree Mason and Shriner. He is a republican in his political conviction but has never sought office as a reqard for party fealty. He has been honored with a fellowship in the American College of Surgeons and is an ex-president of the Snohomish County Medical Society. He is also a member of the Washington State Medical Society and the American Medical Association. He is deeply interested in the scientific and humanitarian phases of his profession and has chosen for his life work a field of broad usefulness.
JOHN O. MORRIS The experienced, broad-gauged business man is at once the mainstay and the motive power of every community in which he is found, and of this type is John O. Morris, vice president of the Everett Packing Company and an influential factor in the management of one of the largest corporations in the northwest. He was born in 1876 at Burlington, Iowa, and his parents, Andrew J. and Angeline Morris both passed away in 1894. The family migrated to Washington in 1891, settling in Grays Harbor County. The father took up a homestead and became the owner of a valuable tract of timber.
John O. Morris completed his high school course in Grays Harbor County and in 1897 attended the Blair Business College of Spokane, Washington. In 1898 he opened a grocery store in Spokane, which he conducted for about four years in partnership with his brother Elmer E. In 1902, John O. Morris returned to Grays Harbor County and was made shipping clerk for the Northwestern Lumber Company. While thus engaged he pitched two games of ball per week for the fast semi-professional team of Hoquiam, winners of the pennant in the seasons of both 1902 and 1903. He quit baseball at the end of 1903, having the highest percentage of any amateur player in the state. His prowess in the national sport led to his acquaintance with W. W. Kurtz, president of the Hoquiam Packing Company, and Mr. Morris entered his employ as post trader on the Quinault Indian Reservation. He acted in that capacity for three years and on the expiration of that period became timber cruiser and buyer for W. L. Adams of the First National Bank of Hoquiam. He was next placed in charge of one of the branches of the Hoquiam Packing Company, and in 1913 he came to Everett and established the Everett Packing Company. He was manager of the canning department for two years and is now vice president and general manager of the company.
Mr. Morris combines an expert knowledge of the work with marked business sagacity and executive force and his labors have constituted a vital element in the expansion of one of the largest industries of the kind in the United States. N. P. McGhie is president of the company which was formed in 1913, and started operations in Alaska in 1916, putting up thirty thousand cases of red and fifty thousand cases of pink salmon in that year in addition to the Everett pack. A branch has been established on the Behring sea. The Everett plant has a capacity of thirty five hundred cases of salmon per day, and the Behring sea plant is equipped to produce about three thousand cases daily. In 1924, the company added a pea canning plant with a daily capacity of two thousand cases. The corporation also controls the North Pacific Packing Company; the Nootka Packing Company, a Canadian firm which packs both salmon and sardines, in addition to operating a reduction plant producing fish meal and oil; and the Langara Fishing and Packing Company, which has a large plant on Queen Charlotte's Island and packs all of the clams marketed by the firm. The combined business of these various industries amounts to one and a half to two million dollars yearly and nearly two thousand men are employed during the busy season.
On November 2, 1902, Mr. Morris was united in marriage to Miss Almeda B. Carlson of Tacoma, Washington. They have two sons: Paul, who is attending the University of Washington, and Walter, a high school student. Mr. Morris is a republican in his political views and belongs to the Country Club and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. He is a personality in his community and the record of his achievements is the best commentary upon his ability and enterprise.
JOHN R. ROBB John R. Robb, a worthy native son and representative agriculturist of Snohomish county was born on the old homestead at Norman on the 22d of January 1883. His parents, Robert and Sarah Jane (Rowe) Robb, were both natives of Perth county, Ontario, Canada, the former born on the 24th of February, 1853, and the latter on the 24th of March, 1857. Robert Robb received his education in his native province and was a youth of seventeen years when in 1870 he crossed the border into the United States and settled in Washingon. He worked in a logging camp at Port Blakely for two years and in 1872 came to Snohomish county, purchasing a relinquishment to eighty acres of land on the river, five miles southeast of Stanwood. He resolutely set himself to the task of clearing the tract of the woods and heavy timber which covered it and built a small log cabin thereon. The remainder of his life was spent on this place, the boundaries of which he extended by an additional purchase of twenty acres and all of which he cleared. In April, 1876, he planted some fine cherry trees which were among the first in Snohomish county. His death, which occurred on the 10th of September, 1919, when he had attained the age of sixty-six years, was sincerely mourned throughout the community. Robert Robb was one of the earliest settlers on the lower Stillaguamish river and was a man of the highest integrity, greatly esteemed by all his neighbors.
In 1882, in Seattle, Robert Robb was united in marriage to Miss Sarah Jane Rowe, who is still living on the old home place. They became the parents of eight children, as follows: John R., of this review; Mrs. Elizabeth Wilton, twin sister of John R.; Mrs. Martha Ellis at home; Mrs. Marie Lee, a resident of Redmond, Washington; and James and Robert, twins.
John R. Robb acquired his education as a public school pupil at Norman and after putting aside his textbooks assisted his father in the work on the home ranch. Since the latter's death he has operated the place for his widowed mother, his well directed labors being attended with excellent results. He keeps a fine herd of dairy cows and also intends to go into the poultry business, having recently built a chicken house.
On the 7th of October, 1912, John R. Robb was married to Martha Sealand, a native of Mitchell, South Dakota, and a daughter of Jacob and Lena (Leeland) Sealand, both of whom were born in Norway. The father emigrated to the United States about forty years ago and lived in South Dakota prior to his arrival in Washington in 1897. He now lives on Vashon island. Mr. and Mrs. Jacob Sealand are the parents of a son and a daughter, O. Bert and Mrs. Martha K. Robb. The latter has become the mother of three children, namely: Arnold, who was born on the old home place on the 13th of September, 1913, and who is now attending grammar school; Leona Sarah Marguerite, whose natal day was February 12, 1915; and Marvin T., who was born June 20, 1917 and died three days later.
EDWARD A. SHADBOLT Edward A. Shadbolt, proprietor of the Cascade Hotel, is one of the progressive business men of Granite Falls and a citizen of worth to the community. He was born September 6, 1876, and is a native of Glenwood, Iowa. His parents were William and Dora (Gardner) Shadbolt, the former of whom passed away in Iowa. The mother afterward remarried, becoming the wife of John M. Wolf, who brought the family to Seattle, Washington, early in the '80s. Charles Murphy, an uncle of the subject of this sketch, came to northwestern Washington in pioneer times and established his home in Marysville, Snohomish county.
Edward A. Shadbolt received a public school education and also attended the Wilson Business College of Seattle. He was connected with the lumber industry for a number of years, working in various mills, and in 1907 entered the hotel business at Baring, Washington. He afterward sold the business and returned to Seattle, where he remained until 1916. He then came to Granite Falls and in January, 1923, purchased the Cascade Hotel and restaurant, which he has since conducted. He maintains a high standard of service and has established a large patronage. The hotel is attractive and comfrotable and contains eleven rooms, and the restaurant is noted for the excellent quality of its food.
In September, 1901, Mr. Shadbolt married Miss Buttercup Cashman, a native of Kansas and a daughter of William and Elizabeth (Starry) Cashman, who migrated to Washington in 1889. Mr. Cashman was a contractor and built the first home in the university district of Seattle. Mr. and Mrs. Shadbolt have two children: John, a young man of twenty-three years and a soldier in the United States army; and Elizabeth, at home. Mr. Shadbolt is connected with the Fraternal Order of Eagles, the Modern Woodmen of America and the Benevolent Protective Order of Elks. In politics he is nonpartisan, voting according to the dictates of his judgment. He takes a keen interest in public affairs and while a resident of Baring served for four years on the school board. He has a wide acquaintance and his genial nature and sterling traits of character have brought him many sincere friends.
GEORGE G. STARTUP George G. Startup, president of the Citizens Bank of Sultan, also figures prominently in industrial circles of Snohomish county as treasurer and manager of the Wallace Lumber and Manufacturing Company of Sultan. He was born June 14, 1865, in Maidstone, Kent county England. His father, George Startup, a native of England, followed agricultural pursuits and about 1872 came with his wife and children to America, settling in Clay county, Illinois. In 1882 he removed with his family to Washington, making the trip by way of the Union Pacific to San Francisco, and thence by steamer to Seattle, at which time that city had a population of only forty-five hundred people. In that locality he engaged in gardening, and there spent his remaining days, passing away in 1891, at the age of eighty-two years. His wife, who bore the maiden name of Frances Gibson and was a native of England, died at the same place. They became the parents of seven children, of whom George G. was the second in order of birth.
When a little lad of but seven summers George G. Startup was brought by his parents to the new world and in the public schools of Illinois he pursued his education, attending during the winter months to the age of fifteen years. The succeeding year was spent upon his father's farm in Illinois, after which he started out to earn his own living. He was first employed by the Mattulath Manufacturing Company of Seattle in making barrels and staves, beginning at a wage of one dollar per day. From that humble start he has worked his way steadily upward. He afterward became connected with lumber interests and for ten years was with the Simson Mill Company in Ballard. During the greater part of this time he was foreman. He began business on his own account at Ballard in 1897 by establishing a sawmill which he operated on a small scale. From that point his business has developed to its present extensive and profitable proportions. After five months, his plant was destroyed by fire and was an entire loss, necessitating starting all over again. In 1898 he located at the town of Wallace, Snohomish county, and was there associated with F. D. Black, C. H. Black of Seattle and A. H. Gould in the manufacture of lumber. The first two are still connected with Mr. Startup in the lumber manufacturing business. The second plant was also destroyed by fire, and in March, 1916, the firm purchased the old established mill which had been operated under the name of the Sultan Lumber Company. The name has since been changed to the Wallace Lumber and Manufacturing Company and the present plant is located at Sultan, covering an area of fifteen acres and turning out eighty thousand feet of lumber and one hundred thousand shingles in an eight-hour day. Employment is furnished to two hundred men in the mill and the forests. Of the company, G.G. Startup is the president and manager, Leo. S. Black, the secretary, and J.C. Black, the treasurer.
Mr. Startup has also extended his business connections in other directions, being one of the founders of the Citizens Bank of Sultan, which was established as a state bank in 1910 with a capital stock of ten thousand dollars. George G. Startup succeeded John F. Warner in the presidency and is still the executive head of the institution. The official position of cashier has been successively filled by C. J. Hutchinson, H. W. Shaw, F. W. Clark, W. M. Jenkins and William Campbell, who has remained the incumbent since 1920. The present directors of the bank are G. G. Startup, William M. Jenkins (vice-president), E. G. Startup, B. A. Lund and William Campbell. Deposits are between two hundred and ninety and three hundred and fifty thousand dollars.
It was in honor of George G. Startup that the name of the town of Wallace was changed to Startup, which has a population of four hundred and is where he makes his home. He has large property interests in the county and his business activities have been most extensive and important, contributing much to the substantial development of the district in which he lives.
On the 16th of July, 1893, in Seattle, Mr. Startup was united in marriage to Miss Lottie M. Scott, a native of Auburn, King county, Washington, which town was originally known as Slaughter and is situated on the Green river. Her father, Roswell Scott, who is now deceased, had the distinction of being chosen Chicago's first assessor. Making his way to the state of Washington in the '70s, he became an honored pioneer of Seattle, served as police judge for many years and was also the secretary of the Seattle and Walla Walla Railway, the first road in Seattle. He was widely known as a prominent and leading citizen. His widow, who bore the maiden name of Mary Isabel Marlin and was a native of New York, still survives and now makes her home with Mr. Startup. Our subject and his wife have two sons, namely: Kenneth S., born at Ballard on the 8th of May, 1894, who wedded Cleo Hess and resides at Sultan; and Elmer G., born at Ballard on the 10th of May, 1895, who married Miss Angeline Richie and resides at Snohomish with his wife and two children.
Mr. Startup gives his political allegiance to the republican party and takes an active interest in both local and national politics. He served as a member of the city council for two terms, and was mayor of Ballard for four terms, within which period he gave to the city a most public-spirited administration characterized by needed reform and progress. In Masonry he has attained the thirty-second degree of the Scottish Rite, has crossed the sands of the desert with the Nobles of the Mystic Shrine and also belongs to the Eastern Star. He is also identified with the Independent Order of Odd Fellows and the Rebekahs and along strictly social lines, he has membership with the Metropolitan Club of Seattle, the Lumbermen's Club and the Cascade Club of Everett. A contemporary biographer said of him: "His work has brought substantial results in the upbuilding of the city along those lines which are a matter of civic virtue and civic pride, and at the same time he has maintained his position as a representative business man whose well directed efforts have placed him among the prosperous residents of his part of the state.
SOURCE: History of Snohomish County, Washington, published in 1926 by Pioneer Historical Publishing Company, Chicago; William Whitfield, supervising editor.
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