Edwards, Rev. Jonathan.  "An Illustrated History of Spokane County, State of
Washington."  San Francisco: W. H. Lever, 1900.  p. 520.
 
FREEMAN STALEY

     farmer, a pioneer of February, 1888, was born in Huntington, Indiana,
January 24, 1855. While yet in early infancy he was taken to Richland county,
Wisconsin, where he resided for seven years. He then moved with his parents to
Cerro Gordo county, Iowa, and thence to Fayette county, residing there until
eighteen or nineteen years old. He next moved to Black River Falls, Wisconsin,
where he followed the lumber business for fifteen years. The ensuing five years
of his life were passed at Royalton, Minnesota, in farming. Subsequently he
returned to Wisconsin and followed the same occupation in that state for about
four years. His next move was to Spokane county, where he secured a homestead of
one hundred and sixty acres eight miles northeast of Chattaroy on the Newport
road. Upon this farm he has ever since resided, devoting his attention to
general farming and to dealing in cattle and horses. He was married on April 14,
1874, to Henrietta Tester. of Sparta, Wisconsin, and they have a family of seven
children, namely: Jesse E., Mertie M., Gertrude, Adel, Zema, Russel and Addie.
Their oldest son, Jesse E., was born March 25, 1877, at Black River Falls,
Wisconsin, and came to Spokane with his father in 1888. He early learned the
trade of an engineer and he has followed that handicraft much of his time ever
since he was sixteen years old. He was engineer for the Milan Lumber Company at
Chattaroy, and he is now employed as engineer for Hanley & Hair, six miles north
of Deer Park.


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