Lyman, W. D. "An Illustrated History of Walla Walla County, State of
Washington."  W. H. Lever, Publisher, 1901.  p. 387.
 
GEORGE W. LOUNDAGIN

     This respected pioneer and leading agriculturist of Walla Walla county is a
son of Tennessee, having first opened his eyes to the light in that state on the
20th of September, 1832. He attained to years of maturity in the locality
wherein he was born, but when the time came for him to inaugurate independent
action, he removed to the state of Arkansas, where for a number of years he
lived the life of an agriculturist, also working betimes at carpentering, a
trade which he had learned in early youth.
     A desire to try his fortunes in the west had, however, taken possession of
him, and accordingly, in 1861, he started across the plains to the Walla Walla
valley, braving the dangers and vicissitudes incident to the long journey, a
journey which had to be made with ox-teams. Arriving in due time he settled on a
farm in the vicinity of Walla Walla, but before many months had passed he
secured by the exercise of his homestead privileges the place upon which we now
find him. He servigorously to work improving and cultivating his land, also took
the initial steps to secure a start in the business of cattle raising, and
before long he began to feel the necessity for a larger sphere of activity. To
meet the exigencies of the case he purchased other lands, and to these in due
course still others were added until he became the owner of a generous tract of
seven hundred and forty acres in the home farm and land in other localities
aggregating four hundred and forty acres. He continues to raise large quantities
of wheat annually, and still handles a great many head of cattle in the course
of a year, but he has also become one of the successful fruit growers in this
section of the county.
     An assiduous worker, a careful manager, a good citizen and an obliging
neighbor, Mr. Loundagin naturally stands high in the esteem of all with whom he
is associated, enjoying a standing in the community which can be secured and
retained only by a man of integrity and intrinsic worth.
     On January 31, 1856, in the state of Arkansas, his marriage to Miss Rhoda
J. Stewart, a native of Indiana, was solemnized, and to them have been born
fourteen children, twelve of whom are still living, namely: William J., residing
in Dayton; Robert W., a farmer; Eva I., wife of H. M. Hoover; John B., a
photographer at Waitsburg; Mary E., wife of John Meimburg, of Waitsburg; Minnie
M., wife of S. W, Hester, of Dayton; James O.; Alvin G.; Rebecca J., wife of
Ralph P. Riggs, a resident of Oregon; Cora B., a teacher; Lossen. A.; and Myrtle
M. The deceased children were named Ollie A. and Isaac H.
     Referring more particularly to Alvin G. Loundagin, we may say that though
only a young man, the date of his birth being April 24, 1872, he is one of the
leading and successful farmers of Waitsburg. He is a son of Walla Walla county,
and in the local schools and in Waitsburg Academy he acquired his education,
after which he engaged at once in farming, the industry in which he has been so
signally successful since. Mr. Loundagin was married at Dayton, Washington,
November 14, 1897, the lady of his choice being Miss Addie Rae, a native of
Illinois, and a daughter of one of the old and respected settlers of the
vicinity of Dayton. The couple are parents of one child, Laretta.


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