An Illustrated History of the State of Washington, by Rev. H.K. Hines, D.D., The
Lewis Publishing Co., Chicago, IL., 1893, pages 344
	
	
	D.F. PERCIVAL, one of the most prominent business men of Cheney, Washington,
was born in Bangor, Maine, in 1839. He was a soldier in the great Civil war, and
was present at the fall of Richmond and the surrender of Lee at Appomattox Court
House. After the close of the struggle he was honorably discharged, returned to
Maine, and in 1866 crossed the plains to St. Joe, Missouri. From that year until
1872 he traveled in California and Oregon, and in the latter year settled on a
stock farm near Cheney, Washington, where he remained until 1880. Mr. Percival
served as County Commissioner of Stevens county from 1875 to 1876, and from 1877
to 1879 was a member of the Territorial Legislature. The following year he came
to Cheney, where he has held the position of Mayor five terms. He was one of the
Trustees of the Eastern Washington Insane Asylum from 1880 to 1884; was
president of the Bank of Cheney, and also president of the First National Bank.
	Mr. Percival was married in 1873. He is one of the leading bankers in this
city, and the most progressive of her citizens, he has been at the head of all
enterprises that have materially advanced the city's interest, has proven
himself' a gentleman of culture and refinement, a finished conversationalist,
and never tires of relating time trials and experiences of the pioneers of
Washington, with which vicissitudes he was familiar.
	
	
Submitted to the WA. Bios Project in September 2003 by Jeffrey L. Elmer
	
	
	
	
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