anniedit.html

The Goldendale Sentinel, Goldendale, WA., July 1, 1954
Diamond Anniversary Edition

MANY OLD SETTLERS REGISTERED WITH SENTINEL FOR 75TH ANNIVERSARY YEAR

Many early day residents have submitted their names and other information in conjunction with The Sentinel's 75th anniversary edition. These names have been published from time to time in the paper in the past few months and a complete list of these pioneers follows in this article. There may be persons older or who may have lived longer in Klickitat County, but we are only able to tell about those who gave the information to us. All the persons listed are still living.
The Sentinel staff expresses its thanks to these people for their cooperation and for their interest in the Anniversary Edition. Here is the list:

Mrs. Margaret Hill was born in June, 1867 at Hillsboro, Oregon and came to Klickitat county in 1870.
Mrs. Minnie Watson was born June 23, 1882 at No. 6 and has lived here all her life.
Mrs. C.W. Mesecher came to this county in 1878 and her husband came here from Kansas in 1883.
Matt Crocker was born in Norway May 6, 1867 and came to Centerville in July, 1877.
Martha Clarence was born March 30, 1875 at Goldendale and has lived here since.
Floyd Chapman was born in Goldendale in 1884.
Fred Smith of Dallesport was born at Rockland April 10, 1879.
Ira W. Rowland, Husum, was born near Lyle in May, 1873.
A.F. Wattenberger came to Bickleton in 1880 at the age of one year and has been there ever since.
H.A. Shattuck also came to Bickleton in 1880 at the age of six.
Ed Suksdorf was born March 9, 1876 in Bingen. He has lived at Goldendale since 1941.
Byrd J. Clark, Lyle, was born at Hartland December 25, 1888, and has lived in the county all his life.
Charles Frederick Bonjour was born September 7, 1858 in Nehama county, Kansas, and came to Goldendale in 1877.
Mrs. Eva Norris Budd, now of The Dalles, came to Goldendale in 1878 at the age of two and a half years. She moved to The Dalles in 1925. Her parents were Newton and Mary Norris.
Harry Snively was born in Pennsylvania on October 3, 1867 and came to Klickitat county in 1905.
Anna Delaney of Wishram was born February 25, 1874 in Pennsylvania and came here in 1907.
E.F. Flower was born October 5, 1868 at Albion, Illinois and came to Bickleton March 21, 1886.
Bud White was born March 3, 1866 at Reedville, Oregon; came to Klickitat county when 18 years old and has been here ever since.
Frank L. Bunnell was born April 10, 1862 and was raised in this county. He moved to Vancouver in 1917.
Temperance Elizabeth Robertson Brokaw was born November 12, 1864 in Panora, Iowa; moved to Oregon in 1865; then to Goldendale in the fall of 1881.
Mrs. Louisa M. Atkins was born September 8, 1865 at Jamestown, Mich. and has lived in the Goldendale area for the past 52 years.
Matt Jacobson of Centerville was born there January 19, 1878 and has lived there all his life.
Frank O. Witikka has lived in this area all his life. He was born March 6, 1880.
F.N. Whitney, Hoquiam, was born in Klickitat county September 29, 1874.
Joseph H. Allyn came to Goldendale from Freeport, Washington in September, 1879 with his parents and the other children. He was born at Freeport May 23, 1870. He lived in and around Goldendale for 72 years, and is now living at North Bonneville.
Lydia M. Branton (Mrs. Frank Branton) was born February 14, 1872 in the No. 2 district near Goldendale, and has lived here continuously the past 40 years. She has lived in the county all her life.
Nellie McCann was born in Salinas, Kansas June 25, 1830. She and her sister Nanna McCann, born in Kansas February 1, 1882, carne to Maryhill in 1888 and have lived there since. They farm 360 acres there, also raising walnuts and running cattle.
A.J. Watson was born in Napa, California December 7, 1374 and came to Klickitat County in the summer of 1879 and has been here ever since.
Olivia Bayma was born near Centerville September 21, 1879 and has lived there all her life with the exception of about ten years spent in Oregon.
Carrie Cameron Davis was born October 29, 1893 and came to Centerville May 2, 1903. She is now living at Bingen.
Mary Cameron Ritzschke was born at Arlington, Oregon January 5, 1889 and came to Centerville May 2, 1903. She is now living in Goldendale. Mrs. Ritzschke is a sister of Mrs. Davies.
James I. Clark of Roosevelt was born in Centerville October 2, 1883. He moved to a ranch near Roosevelt along with his parents in 1885 and has since lived in that area.
Frank S. Johnson was born near Cleveland December 15, 1888 and has spent most of his life in Klickitat County. He is now living with his daughter in Kennewick.
Earl B. Jackson was born in the Horseshoe Bend area at the old Jackson homestead October 13, 1885 and has lived here all his life.
Bodo Stacker was born in Hillsboro, Oregon May 17, 1881 and moved with his parents and two sisters to what is now Stacker Canyon when he was one year old. He lived there for 42 years and is now living at 214 E. Broadway, Phoenix Arizona where he operates a 10-unit cottage court.