Stories I have been told. When Isaac was about 7 years old his family came to Oregon. He did not want to wear out his shoes so he carried them most of the way. By the time they reach Oregon his feet had grown and the shoes no longer fit him
BOOK: PIONEERS OF WHITMAN COUNT: ISAAC K. LUCE, agent at various points for the Puget Sound Warehouse Company, was born in Mahaska county, Iowa, in 1847. He is, however, a very early pioneer of the west, having accompanied his parents on their long journey across the plains in 1853, arriving in Lane county, Oregon, on October 2 of that year.
He was educated in subscription schools and later in those maintained at public expense, continuing his studies until he arrived at the age of seventeen years, after which he began teaching. This was his profession for the ensuring ten years, though in February, 1878, he removed to Whitman county, and took a preemption and timber culture, with a view to ultimately getting into a more profitable and less itinerant business than teaching. He, however, spent a portion of his time in the school-room during the first two years of his
residence here. He is now the owner of four hundred and eighty acres of land near Fallon, all of which he farms to wheat.
For the four years following 1888 our subject was in the employ of McConnell & Chambers in their warehouse business, and at the end of that time he purchased the establishment. He maintained it on his own account until 1896, when he sold out to Heisland & Warner, for whom he worked a couple of years. He then accepted a position with the Puget Sound Warehouse Company, where he continued until January 1, 1901, when he resigned.
In addition to the real estate above referred to Mr. Luce is the owner of some valuable property in Pullman, which is now being occupied by renters. Our subject is especially interested in political matters and has been a candidate for two offices, and still retains the interest in the cause of education which his early professional experience served to engender and foster. This he has manifested by the faithfulness with which, when elected to the office, he discharged the duties of school director. He was justice of the peace twice in Oregon. He was a candidate for clerk of the superior court in 1892 but was defeated. In 1900 he was the nominee of the Republican party for county commissioner, but did not succeed in the election.
Mr. Luce was married in Lane county, Oregon, in 1874, to Miss Lucinda Petty, a native of Oregon, and they became parents of eleven children: Eva, Nora, Henry, Van, Clay, Ira, Dean, Isaac W., Living, and Lara, John and Clara, Deceased.
Miss Lorinda Petty and Mr. Isaac K. Luce were married in Lane County, Oregon on 07 Nov 1874. They were married by George Whitney. The witnesses were John Petty and E. J. Wovton, both of Lane County. This information came from the "Washington Marriage Return Form" for their daughter, Nora Luce.
Henry Luce, born 1879, in the Washington Territory is missing from those listed at their memorial. He was their first child born in Washington.
======================================
The Washington State Archives holds their
Marriage Return with much of this
information inscribed upon it.
======================================
Henry Knox Luce
Birth: 14 Apr 18719, Palouse, Whitman, Wash.
Death: 13 Aug 1940, San Joaquin Co., Calif.
Marriage: 08 Oct 1902, Endicott, Whitman, WA
United in marriage by minister, S. Hamilton
-----------------------------
Occupation: Dairy Farmer at the time of death
near Ripon, San Joaquin Co., California.
-----------------------------
Wife's Maiden Name: Daisy Violet Fincher
Wife's Occupation: Teacher
Wife's Father: William B. Fincher
Wife's Mother's Maiden Name: Alta Peer
-----------------------------
[Wife's parents were living in Spokane
where William was postmaster at one time].
-----------------------------
Wife's Grandfather: John W. Peer
Wife's Grandmother: Nancy Elizabeth Peer
-----------------------------
In 1910, Grandparents lived in City of
Spokane and Henry and Daisy were living
with them.
-----------------------------
Daisy Born: 26 Jul 1879, Washington State
Daisy Died: Pacific Grove, Monterey, Calif.
[Pacific Grove was/is a retirement community].
-----------------------------
BOOK: PIONEERS OF WHITMAN COUNT: ISAAC K. LUCE, agent at various points for the Puget Sound Warehouse Company, was born in Mahaska county, Iowa, in 1847. He is, however, a very early pioneer of the west, having accompanied his parents on their long journey across the plains in 1853, arriving in Lane county, Oregon, on October 2 of that year.
He was educated in subscription schools and later in those maintained at public expense, continuing his studies until he arrived at the age of seventeen years, after which he began teaching. This was his profession for the ensuring ten years, though in February, 1878, he removed to Whitman county, and took a preemption and timber culture, with a view to ultimately getting into a more profitable and less itinerant business than teaching. He, however, spent a portion of his time in the school-room during the first two years of his
residence here. He is now the owner of four hundred and eighty acres of land near Fallon, all of which he farms to wheat.
For the four years following 1888 our subject was in the employ of McConnell & Chambers in their warehouse business, and at the end of that time he purchased the establishment. He maintained it on his own account until 1896, when he sold out to Heisland & Warner, for whom he worked a couple of years. He then accepted a position with the Puget Sound Warehouse Company, where he continued until January 1, 1901, when he resigned.
In addition to the real estate above referred to Mr. Luce is the owner of some valuable property in Pullman, which is now being occupied by renters. Our subject is especially interested in political matters and has been a candidate for two offices, and still retains the interest in the cause of education which his early professional experience served to engender and foster. This he has manifested by the faithfulness with which, when elected to the office, he discharged the duties of school director. He was justice of the peace twice in Oregon. He was a candidate for clerk of the superior court in 1892 but was defeated. In 1900 he was the nominee of the Republican party for county commissioner, but did not succeed in the election.
Mr. Luce was married in Lane county, Oregon, in 1874, to Miss Lucinda Petty, a native of Oregon, and they became parents of eleven children: Eva, Nora, Henry, Van, Clay, Ira, Dean, Isaac W., Living, and Lara, John and Clara, Deceased.
Miss Lorinda Petty and Mr. Isaac K. Luce were married in Lane County, Oregon on 07 Nov 1874. They were married by George Whitney. The witnesses were John Petty and E. J. Wovton, both of Lane County. This information came from the "Washington Marriage Return Form" for their daughter, Nora Luce.
Henry Luce, born 1879, in the Washington Territory is missing from those listed at their memorial. He was their first child born in Washington.
======================================
The Washington State Archives holds their
Marriage Return with much of this
information inscribed upon it.
======================================
Henry Knox Luce
Birth: 14 Apr 18719, Palouse, Whitman, Wash.
Death: 13 Aug 1940, San Joaquin Co., Calif.
Marriage: 08 Oct 1902, Endicott, Whitman, WA
United in marriage by minister, S. Hamilton
-----------------------------
Occupation: Dairy Farmer at the time of death
near Ripon, San Joaquin Co., California.
-----------------------------
Wife's Maiden Name: Daisy Violet Fincher
Wife's Occupation: Teacher
Wife's Father: William B. Fincher
Wife's Mother's Maiden Name: Alta Peer
-----------------------------
[Wife's parents were living in Spokane
where William was postmaster at one time].
-----------------------------
Wife's Grandfather: John W. Peer
Wife's Grandmother: Nancy Elizabeth Peer
-----------------------------
In 1910, Grandparents lived in City of
Spokane and Henry and Daisy were living
with them.
-----------------------------
Daisy Born: 26 Jul 1879, Washington State
Daisy Died: Pacific Grove, Monterey, Calif.
[Pacific Grove was/is a retirement community].
-----------------------------
Stories I have been told. When Isaac was about 7 years old his family came to Oregon. He did not want to wear out his shoes so he carried them most of the way. By the time they reach Oregon his feet had grown and the shoes no longer fit him
BOOK: PIONEERS OF WHITMAN COUNT: ISAAC K. LUCE, agent at various points for the Puget Sound Warehouse Company, was born in Mahaska county, Iowa, in 1847. He is, however, a very early pioneer of the west, having accompanied his parents on their long journey across the plains in 1853, arriving in Lane county, Oregon, on October 2 of that year.
He was educated in subscription schools and later in those maintained at public expense, continuing his studies until he arrived at the age of seventeen years, after which he began teaching. This was his profession for the ensuring ten years, though in February, 1878, he removed to Whitman county, and took a preemption and timber culture, with a view to ultimately getting into a more profitable and less itinerant business than teaching. He, however, spent a portion of his time in the school-room during the first two years of his
residence here. He is now the owner of four hundred and eighty acres of land near Fallon, all of which he farms to wheat.
For the four years following 1888 our subject was in the employ of McConnell & Chambers in their warehouse business, and at the end of that time he purchased the establishment. He maintained it on his own account until 1896, when he sold out to Heisland & Warner, for whom he worked a couple of years. He then accepted a position with the Puget Sound Warehouse Company, where he continued until January 1, 1901, when he resigned.
In addition to the real estate above referred to Mr. Luce is the owner of some valuable property in Pullman, which is now being occupied by renters. Our subject is especially interested in political matters and has been a candidate for two offices, and still retains the interest in the cause of education which his early professional experience served to engender and foster. This he has manifested by the faithfulness with which, when elected to the office, he discharged the duties of school director. He was justice of the peace twice in Oregon. He was a candidate for clerk of the superior court in 1892 but was defeated. In 1900 he was the nominee of the Republican party for county commissioner, but did not succeed in the election.
Mr. Luce was married in Lane county, Oregon, in 1874, to Miss Lucinda Petty, a native of Oregon, and they became parents of eleven children: Eva, Nora, Henry, Van, Clay, Ira, Dean, Isaac W., Living, and Lara, John and Clara, Deceased.
Miss Lorinda Petty and Mr. Isaac K. Luce were married in Lane County, Oregon on 07 Nov 1874. They were married by George Whitney. The witnesses were John Petty and E. J. Wovton, both of Lane County. This information came from the "Washington Marriage Return Form" for their daughter, Nora Luce.
Henry Luce, born 1879, in the Washington Territory is missing from those listed at their memorial. He was their first child born in Washington.
======================================
The Washington State Archives holds their
Marriage Return with much of this
information inscribed upon it.
======================================
Henry Knox Luce
Birth: 14 Apr 18719, Palouse, Whitman, Wash.
Death: 13 Aug 1940, San Joaquin Co., Calif.
Marriage: 08 Oct 1902, Endicott, Whitman, WA
United in marriage by minister, S. Hamilton
-----------------------------
Occupation: Dairy Farmer at the time of death
near Ripon, San Joaquin Co., California.
-----------------------------
Wife's Maiden Name: Daisy Violet Fincher
Wife's Occupation: Teacher
Wife's Father: William B. Fincher
Wife's Mother's Maiden Name: Alta Peer
-----------------------------
[Wife's parents were living in Spokane
where William was postmaster at one time].
-----------------------------
Wife's Grandfather: John W. Peer
Wife's Grandmother: Nancy Elizabeth Peer
-----------------------------
In 1910, Grandparents lived in City of
Spokane and Henry and Daisy were living
with them.
-----------------------------
Daisy Born: 26 Jul 1879, Washington State
Daisy Died: Pacific Grove, Monterey, Calif.
[Pacific Grove was/is a retirement community].
-----------------------------
BOOK: PIONEERS OF WHITMAN COUNT: ISAAC K. LUCE, agent at various points for the Puget Sound Warehouse Company, was born in Mahaska county, Iowa, in 1847. He is, however, a very early pioneer of the west, having accompanied his parents on their long journey across the plains in 1853, arriving in Lane county, Oregon, on October 2 of that year.
He was educated in subscription schools and later in those maintained at public expense, continuing his studies until he arrived at the age of seventeen years, after which he began teaching. This was his profession for the ensuring ten years, though in February, 1878, he removed to Whitman county, and took a preemption and timber culture, with a view to ultimately getting into a more profitable and less itinerant business than teaching. He, however, spent a portion of his time in the school-room during the first two years of his
residence here. He is now the owner of four hundred and eighty acres of land near Fallon, all of which he farms to wheat.
For the four years following 1888 our subject was in the employ of McConnell & Chambers in their warehouse business, and at the end of that time he purchased the establishment. He maintained it on his own account until 1896, when he sold out to Heisland & Warner, for whom he worked a couple of years. He then accepted a position with the Puget Sound Warehouse Company, where he continued until January 1, 1901, when he resigned.
In addition to the real estate above referred to Mr. Luce is the owner of some valuable property in Pullman, which is now being occupied by renters. Our subject is especially interested in political matters and has been a candidate for two offices, and still retains the interest in the cause of education which his early professional experience served to engender and foster. This he has manifested by the faithfulness with which, when elected to the office, he discharged the duties of school director. He was justice of the peace twice in Oregon. He was a candidate for clerk of the superior court in 1892 but was defeated. In 1900 he was the nominee of the Republican party for county commissioner, but did not succeed in the election.
Mr. Luce was married in Lane county, Oregon, in 1874, to Miss Lucinda Petty, a native of Oregon, and they became parents of eleven children: Eva, Nora, Henry, Van, Clay, Ira, Dean, Isaac W., Living, and Lara, John and Clara, Deceased.
Miss Lorinda Petty and Mr. Isaac K. Luce were married in Lane County, Oregon on 07 Nov 1874. They were married by George Whitney. The witnesses were John Petty and E. J. Wovton, both of Lane County. This information came from the "Washington Marriage Return Form" for their daughter, Nora Luce.
Henry Luce, born 1879, in the Washington Territory is missing from those listed at their memorial. He was their first child born in Washington.
======================================
The Washington State Archives holds their
Marriage Return with much of this
information inscribed upon it.
======================================
Henry Knox Luce
Birth: 14 Apr 18719, Palouse, Whitman, Wash.
Death: 13 Aug 1940, San Joaquin Co., Calif.
Marriage: 08 Oct 1902, Endicott, Whitman, WA
United in marriage by minister, S. Hamilton
-----------------------------
Occupation: Dairy Farmer at the time of death
near Ripon, San Joaquin Co., California.
-----------------------------
Wife's Maiden Name: Daisy Violet Fincher
Wife's Occupation: Teacher
Wife's Father: William B. Fincher
Wife's Mother's Maiden Name: Alta Peer
-----------------------------
[Wife's parents were living in Spokane
where William was postmaster at one time].
-----------------------------
Wife's Grandfather: John W. Peer
Wife's Grandmother: Nancy Elizabeth Peer
-----------------------------
In 1910, Grandparents lived in City of
Spokane and Henry and Daisy were living
with them.
-----------------------------
Daisy Born: 26 Jul 1879, Washington State
Daisy Died: Pacific Grove, Monterey, Calif.
[Pacific Grove was/is a retirement community].
-----------------------------
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