An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., 
The Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, pages 493-494

	C.H. SPALDING, senior member of the firm of Spalding & Brooks, attorneys and
counselors at law, Goldendale, is a highly respected member of the bar of
Klickitat county; and in every way worthy of the following mention in this
history: He was born in Eaton county, Michigan, March 7, 1864, a son of Carlos
and Helen (Andrews) Spalding. His father was a native of Vermont, and in 1847
emigrated to Michigan, where he underwent all the trials and hardships incident
to pioneer life. His ancestry is traced to the early colonists of the
seventeenth century, and from them he inherited those sturdy qualities without
which new countries would not be developed, and frontiers would have no receding
border. The paternal great-grandfather of our subject was a valiant soldier in
the war of the Revolution. Helen Andrews was also descended from an old New
England family whose members participated in the Revolutionary struggle. In 1878
the family of our subject removed to Washington and settled in Klickitat county.
He received his education in the common schools, and in 1889 began the study of
law under the direction of S.T. Richardson, the well-known practitioner of
Salem, Oregon. Fitting himself through his own efforts for the university he
entered the law department of Willamette, and was graduated in 1891. Since that
time he has been a resident of Goldendale, and has been engaged in the practice
of his profession. Ambitious for success he has bent every energy to fit himself
for the profession, and by close application to the study of law and its
philosophy he has won the reputation of a wise and careful counselor.
	In politics he is an ardent supporter of the issues of the Republican party.
He is a member of the Knights of Pythias of Goldendale, and is the present
chancellor commander of that body.
	Mr. Spalding was married in this city, August 22, 1888, to Miss Mary D.
Newland, a native of Oregon. They have bad two children: Olof G. and Helen, who
died October 7, 1890. Mr. Spalding's father is also a resident of Goldendale,
and is highly esteemed throughout the community. His wife died in 1887, greatly
lamented by a large circle of appreciative friends.

Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in October 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer

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