Durham, N. N.  "Spokane and the Inland Empire; History of the City of Spokane
and Spokane County Washington."  Vol. 3.  S. J. Clarke Publishing Co., 1912.  
Vol. 2.

PATRICK J. GEARON

	Patrick J. Gearon, who is treasurer of the J. F. Howarth Company and also
has extensive property and mining interests in Wallace, was born in Illinois in
1862. His parents being John and Bridget (Hines) Gearon. 
	When Patrick J. Gearon was still in his infancy his parents removed to Iowa,
and there he was educated and reared to manhood. He left the parental roof at
the age of seventeen years and came west seeking his fortune, in common with
many other lads. He first located in Jefferson, Montana, and was employed for a
year in the Gold Quartz Mill at that point, after which he engaged to furnish
the mill charcoal, and did so for eighteen months. In 1883, during the days of
the first gold excitement, he came to the Coeur d'Alene mining district,
subsequently going to Eagle City, Idaho, at the forks of the Pritchard and Eagle
creeks, where he engaged in placer mining for five years. Later he continued his
prospecting at both Burke and Mullan, this state, and there he also engaged for
a time in the general contracting business. In June, 1890, immediately following
the great fire, he came to Wallace and engaged in the saloon business until
1903, when he bought a half-interest in the Ryan Hotel, and has ever since been
connected with this hostelry. When the J. F. Howarth Company was organized in
August, 1911, Mr. Gearon was made treasurer. He is largely interested in many of
the mining companies of the district and he is also owner of the Carter House
property on Hotel street, Wallace. On the 20th of November, 1891, Mr. Gearon was
united in marriage to Miss Sarah Carter, a daughter of Daniel Carter of
Minnesota. Of the union of Mr. and Mrs. Gearon there has been born one son,
John, whose birth occurred in September, 1892. 
	Mr. Gearon is one of the capable business men of the city as well as one of
the successful. Such prosperity as has been awarded him, must be entirely
attributed to his own effort, as he started out as a youth with no capital save
his own determination and inherent ambition to get along and by sheer force of
will and energy he has attained his desire.

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Submitted to the Washington Biographies Project in May 2015 by Diane Wright.
Submitter has no additional information about the person(s) or family mentioned
above.