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Transcribed from "An Illustrated History of The Big Bend Country, embracing
Lincoln, Douglas, Adams and Franklin counties, State of Washington",
published by Western Historical Publishing Co., 1904.
JOHN H.WAREHIME is a prosperous
farmer and stockman, residing about one mile south from Hesseltine. He
was born in Iowa, on August 4, 1858, the son of Jacob and Sarah (Sutton)
Warehime. The father was born in Ohio and was a pioneer of Poweshiek County,
Iowa. He came to Lincoln County, Washington, in 1889 and later went to
Hesseltine, where he still lives. The mother was born in Indiana, the daughter
of a prominent farmer. She was raised in this county. John H. had very
little opportunity to gain an education, being always on the frontier,
yet by careful personal application, he is now a well informed man. He
was on the ground where Lincoln, Nebraska, now stands before there was
a town there. He began working for himself on a farm. In 1880, he went
to Kansas and there rented land and farmed for himself until 1883, when
he returned to Nebraska and took a homestead. Owing to the ill health of
his wife he was forced to remove from Nebraska, and accordingly came on
west, locating where he now lives, in 1888. He took government land, adding
to the same by purchase until he now has one section of fertile land. The
same is supplied with comfortable and commodious buildings and all other
improvements needed on a first class grain farm. Mr. Warehime has a fine
orchard and in everything that he does one notices the exemplification
of the motto, "What is worth doing is worth doing well." In addition to
the property mentioned, he owns considerable stock in the King Gold and
Copper Mining Company of Stevens County. In 1881, Mr. Warehime married
Miss Sarah B. Jackson, who was born in Tennessee. She came to Illinois
with her parents when young, then they journeyed on to Kansas, where she
was married. Her father is Moses Jackson, a native of Tennessee and her
mother, Esther Zachary, also of Tennessee. To Mr. and Mrs. Warehime, nine
children have been born, named as follows. Ella, Christopher C., Moses
C., Henry J., Benjamin H., Eva L., John H., Annie B., and Daisy D.
Mr. Warehime has shown commendable industry
and wise management in his labors in this county and has always manifested
a progressive spirit. He is to be credited with much good labor in building
up the country and bringing in settlers.
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