ALBERT F. ADAMS. M.D., who is numbered among the prominent physicians
in Eastern Nevada, was born May 24, 1879, in Oregon. He received
education in the public schools and Washington State College,
graduating in 1900. He then attended Cooper Medical College,
graduating in 1904. He spent on year in the Sacramento Railroad
Hospital, and afterwards became identified with the Pacific Mail
Steamship Company as chief surgeon for one year. Dr. Adams removed to
Ely, Nevada, in July, 1907, where he has since been practicing his
profession. He is a member of the county and State medical societies
and the American Medical Association. He served as city physician for
three years, also as county physician. He was united in marriage to
Miss Florence Rose Griffin, a native of Halifax, Nova Scotia, December
28, 1906. To this union have been born two children, Alberta Martha
Florence, born June 5, 1910, and Albert Franklin, Jr., born October
14, 1911. Dr. Adams is affiliated with the Eagles, Moose, K. of P.,
Yeomen and the Improved Order of Red Men.
SOURCE: History of Nevada, Volume 2, Sam P. Davis, 1913, Transcribed
by Sandra Stutzman
ISAAC A. ALEXANDER, M. D., was born in Ogden, Utah, July 12, 1883. His
parents removed to Salt Lake City, Utah, where he received his
education in the public and high schools. He afterward attended the
University of Utah, graduating in 1906, with the degree of A. B. He
attended the Jefferson Medical College in Philadelphia, Pa.,
graduating with the degree of M. D. in 1910. He served as interne at
the Blockley City Hospital at Philadelphia for six months, and as
interne at St. Marks, Salt Lake City, for twenty months. He began the
practice of medicine at Garfield, Utah, where he remained some time,
and in 1912 he removed to Ely, Nevada, where he has since practiced.
He has served as county physician in Ely and is affiliated with the
Moose, Odd Fellows and Yeomen. He is a member of Omega-Upsilon-Phi, a
national medical fraternity of Jefferson Medical College, and is
examining physician for many of the leading life insurance companies
of the United States.
SOURCE: History of Nevada, Volume 2, Sam P. Davis, 1913, Transcribed
by Sandra Stutzman
ALEXANDER BAIRD, the subject of this sketch, was born in Braidwood,
Ill., April 14, 1874. His father, James, came to Nevada and located
first at Unionville, where he was joined by his wife and three
children some months afterward. The family came to Cherry Creek in
1880, and later located at Taylor, where the father worked at mining.
Mr. Baird's father was born July 11, 1846, and died December 23, 1892.
He married Isabell Stevenson, who was born September 20, 1854, both
natives of Scotland. The parents of Mr. Baird were married in Illinois
May 12, 1870. To this union were born ten children; three died in
infancy; the living are James S., born June 8, 1872; Alexander, born
April 14, 1874; Robert A., born July 9, 1875; William, born August 7,
1882; Orval R., born August 31, 1884; Arthur P., born July 27, 1886;
George W., born June 17, 1889. Alexander was educated in the public
schools of White Pine County, after which he followed mining and rode
the range. He was elected Sheriff of White Pine County for two years
and served in the State Assembly during the 23rd Session in 1907. He
afterward followed mining for two years, and in 1909 was elected City
Marshal, serving two years. He then was identified with the Ely
Packing Company. He was elected and served in the Legislature again in
1912. In politics Mr. Baird is a Republican and he is a member of the
B. P. O. E. of Reno, I. O. O. F. and K. of P. He was married November
13, 1898, to Ella Rowe Gallagher and she died May 4, 1900. To this
union was born Robert Kent, born October 24, 1899.
Source: The History of Nevada, edited by Sam P. Davis, published by
The Elms Publishing Co., Inc. Reno, Nev. 1913, Submitted by Mary Kay
Krogman
WILLIAM E. BILLINGS. A review of the representative men of White Pine
County would not be complete without a sketch of William E. Billings,
now serving as District Attorney of this county. He was born in San
Joaquin County, Cal., January 17, 1880. He acquired his education in
the public schools of Contra Costa County, and Lowell high school of
San Francisco, graduating from the latter in 1897. He attended
Stanford University and received the degree of A. B. in 1903, and the
degree of LL. B. in 1905. He was admitted to the bar by the Supreme
Court of California in 1904. He practiced his profession in San
Francisco until the great fire in 1906, when he removed to Ely in June
that year. He was a member of the law firm with Chandler and Quayle.
In November, 1912, Mr. Billings was elected district attorney and took
office January 1, 1913. Fraternally he is a member of the K. of P. and
Eagles and the Phi-Delta-Phi, a college fraternity of Stanford
University. In politics Judge Billings is affiliated with the
Republican party. He was united in marriage to Miss Elizabeth Alward,
daughter of Frank Alward, of Cincinnati, Ohio, December 31, 1908. To
this union was born one daughter, Elizabeth, born January 15, 1910.
Source: The History of Nevada, edited by Sam P. Davis, published by
The Elms Publishing Co., Inc. Reno, Nev. 1913. Source: The History of
Nevada, edited by Sam P. Davis, published by The Elms Publishing Co.,
Inc. Reno, Nev. 1913, FRED M. CLARK was born at Columbia Falls, Maine,
April 23, 1867. He acquired his education in the public school, after
which he attended the Westbrook Seminary. He received his first
business training in a dry goods store, where he remained one year,
after which he followed various occupations, and in 1881 he removed to
Frisco, Utah, where he was employed by the Horn Silver Mining Co. in
the mines and in the office, and in September, 1885, he came to Nevada
and located in Taylor, where he became identified with the C. S. King
& Co. drug store. He then went with J. F. Cupid as bookkeeper for
three years. He later purchased the drug store of C. S. King & Co.
at Taylor, Nevada, and in 1895 Mr. Clark started the first drug store
in Ely. He was elected to the State Legislature in 1903 and served one
term. In 1907 he was elected and served as the first Mayor of Ely,
receiving the largest vote ever cast for that office. He has always
been largely interested in mining. Fraternally Mr. Clark is a member
of the Masonic Lodge, he being a member of the Blue Lodge of Ely and
the Consistory and Shrine of Reno. He is also affiliated with the B.
P. O. E. of Salt Lake City and the I. O. O. F. of White Pine County.
He was married November 1, 1905, to Miss Siona E. Bonniville, a native
of San Francisco, Cal. Their one daughter, Carol W., was born March
12, 1907.
Source: The History of Nevada, edited by Sam P. Davis, published by
The Elms Publishing Co., Inc. Reno, Nev. 1913, submitted by Mary Kay
Krogman.
DR. J. D. CAMPBELL, 1853-1922
Member of the Nevada Historical Society.
No man can leave a richer or more enduring memorial behind him than
one who has given long years of service to his fellow men.
In no walk of life is this so true as one finds it in the service
given by physicians, who live in the outposts of this great western
country. Dr. J. D. Campbell was born July 9, 1853, at Hartwell,
Michigan, graduating from the Medical College of Ann Arbor, with
honors, in 1878. The attractions of the great West called to him and
he came to Cherry Creek, White Pine County, in 1881, going to Pioche
in 1892. Here he lived until his death, January 8, 1922.
He served his county in the State Senate for two terms and one extra
session with honor and distinction, presiding as President of the
Senate one whole session, during the absence of the Lieutenant
Governor. He was a prominent member of the Masonic order and had
served as Grand Master of the Odd Fellows Lodge of Nevada. His wife
and three sons now survive him. Twenty years ago he contracted blood
poisoning, while performing an operation, and had the misfortune to
lose his left arm. Fellowship and charity were his strongly marked
characteristics. For long years he answered the calls of his practice,
driving by team to far outlying districts often more than one hundred
miles, across sandy deserts and into mining camps in the mountains, to
give comfort and relief to the suffering and needy. Such is the life
of a doctor on the frontier, and he gave gladly, without thought of
remuneration for service rendered or hardships endured.
Submitted by Kim Torp
AARON DENIO CAMPTON. Among the men who have played an important part
in the early history of Nevada, and who is numbered among the highly
respected men of White Pine County, special mention is due Aaron Denio
Campton. He was born at Mineral Point, Wis., March 11, 1848, and is a
son of Robert and Lucinda (Denio) Campton. His father was a native of
Wisconsin and his mother was born in Illinois. The father of Mr.
Campton was a blacksmith by trade, and came to California via Cape
Horn in 1849, and settled in a place in northern California which was
afterward named Camptonville, in his honor. Here he followed his
vocation as a blacksmith. He returned to his native State in 1854,
where he died in 1855. In 1859 the mother, accompanied by her four
children, came to Nevada and settled in Carson City when there was but
four houses there. Here they remained a few weeks, and started
overland to California, and located in Oroville, where they remained
but a short period, and then returned to Carson City, where they
remained until 1869. Mrs. Campton was united in marriage while in
Carson City to J. B. Cormack. During their residence in Carson, Aaron,
at the age of fifteen years, served as page and messenger during the
first Constitutional Convention, which was held in Carson City. He
also served as page in the first Senate. In 1869 Mr. Campton removed
to Hamlinton, where he remained several months, when he went to
Steptoe Valley, where he found employment at teaming and also rode the
range. He later became associated with the Ward mine, where he worked,
after which he became assayer for the Ward property. He served as
surveyor for the D. & R. G. Railroad and was elected County Clerk,
serving during 1883-1885. He served as County Recorder from 1885 to
1889 and in 1887 he came to Ely. He purchased the townsite and
disposed of several hundred lots. In 1906 he removed to Berkeley,
where he remained for fifteen months, and then took up his home in
Pasadena, where he is now located. Mr. Campton has twice married. The
first union was to Miss Sarah Rutledge in 1875, and she died in 1878.
To this union was born Mollie, wife of Francis M. Root of Ely, and
Saddie, who died at the age of fifteen. Mr. Campton's second marriage
was to Ella M. Mathewson of Hamlinton, Nev. To this marriage were born
Bessie, born September 18, 1890, and Irene, born March 10, 1897. In
politics Mr. Campton is a Republican. He is a member of the B. P. O.
E. of Pasadena, Cal. He is vice-president of the Campton Commercial
Company of Ely, the largest general merchandise store in southern
Nevada, which also controls branch stores in Ruth, Kimberly and
McGill, Nev.
Source: The History of Nevada, edited by Sam P. Davis, published by
The Elms Publishing Co., Inc. Reno, Nev. 1913, Submitted by Mary Kay
Krogman
ALBERT J. CARPENTER, one of the representative men of White Pine
County, and who is now serving as County Treasurer, was born July 24,
1881, at Covington, Va. He acquired his education in the private
schools of his native State. Early in life he became identified with
the Norfolk & Western Railroad for two years in the train service
and afterward associated himself with the Union Pacific road in the
same department, where he remained for a period of five years. In 1908
he went with the Nevada Northern, where he served as conductor, and in
1911 he was chosen by the people of White Pine County as County
Treasurer. In politics Mr. Carpenter is a Democrat and has been an
active worker in the ranks. Fraternally he is affiliated with the
Masonic lodge, K. of P., Eagles, Moose, and a member of the Railroad
Conductors. Mr. Carpenter was united in marriage to Miss Louisa M.
Riepe of Ely, Nev., August 4, 1910. To this union has been born Albert
J., Jr., born June 9, 1911. The family are members of the Presbyterian
Church. The father of Mrs. Carpenter, Henry Riepe, died in 1894 and
was numbered among the prominent men in this locality who owned some
of the best mines in this section. The mother of Mrs. Carpenter was
again married to J. A. Maguson, a well-to-do stockman and mine owner,
and who is one of the progressive citizens of Ely.
Source: The History of Nevada, edited by Sam P. Davis, published by
The Elms Publishing Co., Inc. Reno, Nev. 1913, Submitted by Mary Kay
Krogman
FRED M. CLARK was born at Columbia Falls, Maine, April 23, 1867. He
acquired his education in the public school, after which he attended
the Westbrook Seminary. He received his first business training in a
dry goods store, where he remained one year, after which he followed
various occupations, and in 1881 he removed to Frisco, Utah, where he
was employed by the Horn Silver Mining Co. in the mines and in the
office, and in September, 1885, he came to Nevada and located in
Taylor, where he became identified with the C. S. King & Co. drug
store. He then went with J. F. Cupid as bookkeeper for three years. He
later purchased the drug store in Ely. He was elected to the State
Legislature in 1903 and served one term. In 1907 he was elected and
served as the first Mayor of Ely, receiving the largest vote ever cast
for that office. He has always been largely interested in mining.
Fraternally Mr. Clark is a member of the Masonic Lodge, he being a
member of the Blue Lodge of Ely and the Consistory and Shrine of Reno.
He is also affiliated with the B. P. O. E. of Salt Lake City and the
I. O. O. F. of White Pine County. He married November 1, 1905, to Miss
Siona E. Bonniville, a native of San Francisco, Cal. Their one
daughter, Carol W., was born May 12, 1907.
SOURCE: History of Nevada, Volume 2, Sam P. Davis, 1913, Transcribed
by Sandra Stutzman
FRED M. CLARK was born at Columbia Falls, Maine, April 23, 1867. He
acquired his education in the public school, after which he attended
the Westbrook Seminary. He received his first business training in a
dry goods store, where he remained one year, after which he followed
various occupations, and in 1881 he removed to Frisco, Utah, where he
was employed by the Horn Silver Mining Co. in the mines and in the
office, and in September, 1885, he came to Nevada and located in
Taylor, where he became identified with the C. S. King & Co. drug
store. He then went with J. F. Cupid as bookkeeper for three years. He
later purchased the drug store of C. S. King & Co. at Taylor,
Nevada, and in 1895 Mr. Clark started the first drug store in Ely. He
was elected to the State Legislature in 1903 and served one term. In
1907 he was elected and served as the first Mayor of Ely, receiving
the largest vote ever cast for that office. He has always been largely
interested in mining. Fraternally Mr. Clark is a member of the Masonic
Lodge, he being a member of the Blue Lodge of Ely and the Consistory
and Shrine of Reno. He is also affiliated with the B. P. O. E. of Salt
Lake City and the I. O. O. F. of White Pine County. He was married
November 1, 1905, to Miss Siona E. Bonniville, a native of San
Francisco, Cal. Their one daughter, Carol W., was born March 12, 1907.
Source: The History of Nevada, edited by Sam P. Davis, published by
The Elms Publishing Co., Inc. Reno, Nev. 1913, Submitted by Mary Kay
Krogman
MICHAEL COHEN, who has been identified with Nevada for many years, is
numbered among the representative men in White Pine County. He was
born December 25, 1838, in Prussia. He attended the schools of his
native country and went to England at the age of thirteen; here he
remained for about four years. In 1857 he came to America and located
in New York City for a time, and in 1859 he came to California via the
Isthmus route. He remained in San Francisco for a few months, and in
1860 he came to Nevada and located in Virginia City and worked for
Bonner Bros, for four years. He removed to San Francisco and clerked
in a dry goods store for four years and returned to Nevada in 1869,
locating in Eureka, where he clerked for several months. Later, in
1869, he went to Hamilton, where he remained until 1871, when he went
to Pioch, where he remained four years. He returned to Eureka and
remained until 1883, when he went to Ward and later to Taylor and Ely.
He remained in Ely until 1889, when he went to Pioch, where he
remained for five years. Mr. Cohen started a merchandise store in De
Lamar, which he conducted for six years. In 1900 he returned to Ely
and operated a store until 1910, when he retired from active business.
In 1912 he was elected County Commissioner. He was married to
Philipina Cohen, a native of Prussia, December 20, 1887.
Source: The History of Nevada, edited by Sam P. Davis, published by
The Elms Publishing Co., Inc. Reno, Nev. 1913, Submitted by Mary Kay
Krogman
LIEUT. GOV. D. S. DICKERSON
Nevada's Lieutenant Governor, D. S. Dickerson, is not a mere
politician, as are many office-holders, but a man who has
accomplishments to his credit in other lines. He is a prominent miner
and knows more than a little of the state's great mineral wealth. Mr.
Dickerson was not born in Nevada, but he did the best he could and
allowed California to claim the honor of being his native state. He
was born in Shasta County, January 25, 1872, the son of one of
California's pioneer mining men.
The Lieutenant Governor has mined in California. Idaho and Montana, as
well as in Nevada. Incidentally, being a good Democrat and believing
in advancing the interests of his party, he has been prominently
identified with politics. Until coming to Nevada he had not held
office, being content to remain a humble worker in the ranks. Mr.
Dickerson came to Nevada in 1899 and engaged in mining in White Pine
County. He was elected County Clerk in 1902 ; at the next election he
was chosen County Recorder, and at the last state election he became
Lieutenant Governor.
Lieutenant Governor Dickerson is a newspaper man of considerable
experience. For two years he owned and edited the White Pine News at
Ely. He sold that publication and now owns the Ely Mining Expositor,
which he founded. He has mining property in other parts of the state,
but is especially interested in Ely. The Lieutenant Governor is a
young man, quiet and reserved. He does not have a great deal to say,
as a rule, but when he speaks he says something.
Source: Who's who in Nevada By Bessie Beatty 1907, Contributed by
Barbara Z, Transcribed by Jeanne Kalkwarf
JOHN H. GALLAGHER, Councilman from the Third Ward, who is now serving
the people of Ely in an efficient manner, was born at Eberhardt,
Nevada, February 14, 1874. He is a son of William and Ella (Rowe)
Gallagher. His father is a native of New Brunswick, and his mother was
born in Vermont. John H. was educated in White Pine County, after
which he assisted on the home ranch in Duck Creek. In 1898 he removed
to Idaho, where he ranched and became interested in mining for eight
years. He married Miss Margaret Harris, a native of Nevada, September
9, 1898. To this union have been born Violet, born October 30, 1899;
Florence, born September 7, 1901; and William, born October 16, 1903.
Mr. Gallagher returned to Nevada in 1906 and engaged in the wholesale
and retail hay and grain business in Ely. In politics he is a
Republican. He was elected Councilman from the Third Ward in 1911. He
served on the School Board while a resident of Idaho. Fraternally he
is a member of the Woodmen of the World. Mr. Gallagher and his
brother, Guy L., have extensive interests in lead mines in Duck Creek
section. The family are members of the Episcopal Church.
Source: The History of Nevada, edited by Sam P. Davis, published by
The Elms Publishing Co., Inc. Reno, Nev. 1913, submitted by Mary Kay
Krogman.
WILLIAM C. GALLAGHER, one of the pioneers of Eastern Nevada, and who
is numbered among the representative citizens, was born at Sackville,
New Brunswick, June 11, 1850. He received his education at the Mt.
Allison Academy at Sackville, New Brunswick. He came West in April,
1870, and located in Hamilton, where he found employment and clerked
for Carpenter & Company at Eureka. He afterward entered the employ
of the Eberhardt and Aurora Mining Company at Eberhardt, where he
remained for three years. He removed to Eureka again and engaged in
the wood and draying business until 1875, when he went to Duck Creek
and engaged in ranching. Here he remained until 1904, when he removed
to Ely. In 1885 he was elected County Commissioner of White Pine
County, which office he held for sixteen years. Mr. Gallagher was
elected to the Senate from White Pine County in 1904 and served four
years. In politics he is a Republican. Fraternally he is affiliated
with the Masonic Lodge, he being a Thirty-second Degree Mason. He is
also a member of the Odd Fellows, K. of P., Eastern Star and Rebecca
Lodges. He was married to Ella S. Rowe, of Peacham, Vermont, March 18,
1873. To this union was born nine children, of whom five are living,
namely, John H., Guy L., Laura M., Charles D. and Minnie M. The family
attend the Episcopal Church.
Source: The History of Nevada, edited by Sam P. Davis, published by
The Elms Publishing Co., Inc. Reno, Nev. 1913, Submitted by Mary Kay
Krogman
ANDREW L. HAIGHT. Prominent among the young attorneys of White Pine
County is Andrew L. Haight. He was born at Edmore, Mich., July 17,
1884. He acquired his education in the public schools of Michigamme,
graduating from the latter in 1899. He attended the Ferris Institute
at Big Rapids, Mich., during 1900 and 1901. He read law in Hancock,
Mich., and in Chicago. In 1907 Mr. Haight was admitted to the bar by
the Supreme Court of Nevada and started practice in Ely, and in
August, 1909, he became associated with Chas. A. Walker in the law
business. In 1912 Mr. Haight was elected to the State Legislature and
served the people of White Pine County during the 26th Session. In
May, 1913, he was appointed by Governor Oddie a member of the Board of
Directors, having in charge Nevada's exhibits at the Panama-Pacific
and Panama-California expositions. He was united in marriage to Olga
Bertha Woick of Chicago, June 4, 1907. To this union was born Andrew
Norman, September 11, 1908. Fraternally Mr. Haight is affiliated with
the Masonic lodge, being past master of Ely Lodge No. 29 F. and A. M.
Source: The History of Nevada, edited by Sam P. Davis, published by
The Elms Publishing Co., Inc. Reno, Nev. 1913, Submitted by Mary Kay
Krogman
HON. THOMAS PORTER HAWLEY. United States district judge of the
district of Nevada, and since 1895 designated by the circuit judges to
attend the sessions of the circuit court of appeals at San Francisco,
has been a resident of the state since 1868. He is a native of Ripley
county, Indiana, having been born near Milan, on July 18, 1830. He
comes of English ancestors who settled in Connecticut and
Massachusetts at an early day. His father. Ebenezer Sanford Hawley,
was born in Connecticut in 1803. He married Eliza Porter Stevenson, a
native of Kentucky, and five children were born to them.
Judge Hawley, the second in order of birth in the family, was reared
and educated in his native state. In 1852 he crossed the plains to
California. He arrived in Upper Hangtown, now Placerville, and
remained in Eldorado county until June 1, 1853. in which year he
located in Nevada county. From 1852 to 1855 he engaged in mining. He
lived in Nevada county from 1853 to 1868, and during 1855-56 he served
as county clerk. He was admitted to the bar in Nevada county in
January, 1857, and in 1859 was admitted to the bar of the supreme
court. He was elected district attorney of Nevada county in 1863.
In 1868 he settled in White Pine county, Nevada, and practiced his
profession until the fall of 1872, when he was elected justice of the
supreme court of the state; was re-elected, and served three
successive terms, eighteen years in all, lacking three months. In
September, 1890. he was appointed by President Harrison to his present
high judicial office. November 15, 1858, Judge Hawley was married to
Miss Eudora Murrell, a native of Mississippi. Three children were born
of this union, namely: Ernest, now residing in San Francisco; Lilian,
the wife of Joseph L. Trainor, of Santa Barbara, California; and
Jessie, who died at the age of twenty-two years. Mrs. Hawley died in
1891, aged fifty-one years. Her death was deeply felt not only by her
own family, but by many friends, who loved her for the Christian,
kindly virtues she always displayed.
Judge Hawley is one of the old Masons of the state, and the date of
his entrance into the order was in July, 1851, at Milan, Indiana. In
1856 he received the Royal Arch degree, and became a Knight Templar in
1858. He was master of Nevada Lodge, in Nevada City, for three years,
and was for three years high priest of Nevada Chapter, and for two
years was high priest of the chapter at Hamilton, Nevada. For five
years he was prelate of the Nevada Commandery. Nevada has no better
representative of the highest elements of learning and ability on both
the bench and the bar than in the person of Judge Hawley.
Source: A History of the State of Nevada: Its Resources and People, By
Thomas Wren, Lewis Publishing Company, Published by The Lewis
publishing company, 1904
DANIEL C. McDONALD. It would be difficult to name a citizen of south
eastern Nevada who is more widely known among his fellow mining men
and who enjoys the confidence and trust of those with whom he is
associated than Daniel C. McDonald. He is a native of Nova Scotia, his
birth having occurred September 8, 1859. He acquired his education in
the public schools of Nova Scotia and New Bedford, Mass. At the age of
seventeen he started west with the view of going to San Francisco, but
stopped at Elko, Nevada, and has been a resident of the sage brush
State since. He became identified with mining at an early age and
found employment in the mines and smelters in Eureka, Tybo, Pioche and
other camps. He spent much time in prospecting and came to the
Robinson district in 1883. He became active in mining operations in
1885 and has the distinction of being the original locator of the Ruth
and McDonald Ely Copper Co., the Success Mining Co., in which Senator
Thomas Kearns and David Keith of Salt Lake are interested, and various
other important properties. In politics Mr. McDonald is a Democrat and
served in the State Legislature in 1895. He served as Mayor of Ely for
one term and is now chairman of the County Commissioners of White Pine
County. He is a member of the American Mining Congress. Was united in
marriage to Miss Minnie M. Comins, daughter of ex-Senator H. A.
Comins, October 10, 1894. To this union were born Ruth, born October
13, 1896, and Roy Neil, born February 4, 1907.
Source: The History of Nevada, edited by Sam P. Davis, published by
The Elms Publishing Co., Inc. Reno, Nev. 1913, Submitted by Mary Kay
Krogman
FRED D. OLDFIELD. Numbered among the representative men of White Pine
County is Fred D. Oldfield, the present County Clerk. He was born
March 22, 1882, in Utah. He is a son of Joseph William and Laura J.
Oldfield. The parents of our subject removed to Nevada when he was
eighteen months old and settled in Osceola, then a prosperous mining
camp. Mr. Oldfield's father was one of the pioneer mining men of this
locality and he died in 1906. The mother of Fred D. makes her home in
Ely. Mr. Oldfield acquired his education in the public schools of this
county, after which he followed mining for some years. He was elected
County Clerk and took office in the spring of 1905. Fraternally he is
a member of the Odd Fellows, Eagles, Woodmen of the World and the
Rebeccas.
Source: The History of Nevada, edited by Sam P. Davis, published by
The Elms Publishing Co., Inc. Reno, Nev. 1913, Submitted by Mary Kay
Krogman
AMASA L. PARKER was born at Bentonsport, Van Buren County, Iowa, April
8, 1849. His father, William K. Parker (deceased), was born in
Washington, D. C, and was a merchant tailor. He removed to Utah in
1850, where he followed his business for many years. Amasa acquired
his education in the public schools of Salt Lake City. In 1862 he came
to Nevada and found employment with the overland stage and mail
Company, and drove from Salt Lake City to Reece River. He followed
this vocation until the railroads were built. He then followed teaming
and freighting. He engaged in the sheep business in Utah and later in
Nevada. He engaged in the livery business in Ely during the boom days,
which he conducted for several years. Mr. Parker served as County
Commissioner of White Pine County for four years and he was chosen
Mayor in May, 1911, which office he now holds. He was united in
marriage in 1870 to Rachel Guiber, a native of England, and who came
to America in 1866. To this union have been born seven children, Amasa
died at the age of five years; Cora M., wife of Joseph Newman
(deceased); Charles Benjamin, a resident of California; Daisy, wife of
H. V. Burleigh, with the Oregon Short Line R. R.; Margaret, wife of
Dr. Walter E. Weddle, of Reedley, Cal.; Amy J., wife of George D.
Powers, of Reno, and Dorothy, a teacher in Stanford University at Palo
Alto, Cal.
Source: The History of Nevada, edited by Sam P. Davis, published by
The Elms Publishing Co., Inc. Reno, Nev. 1913, Submitted by Mary Kay
Krogman
SAMUEL C. PATRICK. Prominent among the newspaper men of Eastern Nevada
is Samuel C. Patrick, editor of the White Pine News. He was born
February 23, 1878, at Washburn, Ill. He completed the course of study
in the public schools, after which he attended the Iowa Wesleyan
University at Mount Pleasant, Iowa. He began his newspaper career at
Mt. Pleasant, after which he became associated with various papers in
Iowa, Missouri, Colorado, Utah and Nevada. He became associated with
the White Pine News in 1909 and continued on its staff until July,
1910, when the daily paper was suspended and he became interested in
the publication with C. S. Grain as his partner. Upon Mr. Grain's
retirement two years ago, Mr. Patrick assumed full control of the
paper and is its present editor and manager. Mr. Patrick was united in
marriage to Miss Florence Roper, of Mount Pleasant, Iowa, April 30,
1898.
Source: The History of Nevada, edited by Sam P. Davis, published by
The Elms Publishing Co., Inc. Reno, Nev. 1913, Submitted by Mary Kay
Krogman
BERT L. QUAYLE, one of the prominent attorneys of White Pine County,
Nevada, was born in Salt Lake City November 15, 1878. He acquired his
education in the public schools of Oakland, Cal., and later attended
the University of California, graduating in 1899 with degree of
Bachelor of Science. He attended Hastings College of the law,
graduating in 1902 with the degree of Bachelor of Law. He was admitted
to Bar by the Supreme Court of California in 1901. He took up the
practice of his profession in California and was identified with Judge
Lindley for a period of five years. He removed to Ely, White Pine
County, in 1906, and in December of that year became associated with
C. S. Chandler under the firm name of Chandler and Quayle. In politics
Mr. Quayle is affiliated with the Republican party.
Source: The History of Nevada, edited by Sam P. Davis, published by
The Elms Publishing Co., Inc. Reno, Nev. 1913, Submitted by Mary Kay
Krogman
CHARLES R. REEVES was born in Indianapolis, Ind., February, 1871, and
educated in the public schools of Dallas, Tex., and Purdue University.
He read law with Judge James T. Adams of Gainsville, Texas, and was
admitted to practice in Idaho and Texas. While practicing law in Idaho
he went to Texas and enlisted in the Third Texas Infantry for the
Spanish war, and went to Cuba and Porta Rica, serving nineteen months,
and was discharged October 26, 1898. He then joined the 159th Indiana
and served as a lieutenant in the Constabalor Companies and was
finally discharged August 17, 1899. He went to Ely when the camp was
small and became associated with Paul Bros, and Neil Monroe, and later
with the Giroux Consolidated for several years as attorney and outside
business manager. 1902 he served White Pine County as Deputy District
Attorney and was elected District Attorney in 1908, serving two years
in each office. He removed to Reno January, 1911, where he has since
been engaged in law practice. Captain Reeves is the Department
Inspector of the Spanish-American War Veterans. He has practiced law
in every county, in the Supreme Court of Nevada, and in the Federal
Court. He has studied mining engineering and is interested in mines in
Nevada. February 6, 1911, he was appointed a Lieutenant-Colonel on the
Governor's Staff, serving until July 26, 1912, at which time he
resigned to organize the Nevada National Guard, and was immediately
elected Captain of Company A, which position he now holds as the
senior officer in the Guards. While a member of the Governor's Staff
he secured the G. A. R. encampment, which met in Reno in the spring of
1913.
Source: The History of Nevada, edited by Sam P. Davis, published by
The Elms Publishing Co., Inc. Reno, Nev. 1913, Submitted by Mary Kay
Krogman

