State of Washington
District 14
House of Representatives Membership
1901: Joseph S. Milam - Democrat
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Adams County News
October 26, 1904, issue
Hon. Joseph S. Milam
Hon. Joseph S. Milam, ex-representative from this county in the state legislature, died
at Spokane October 22, 1904, of Bright's Disease. Funeral services and interment occurred at Washtucna, October 24th, in the Presbyterian church and was largely attended. The final resting place of this respected old pioneer is in the Odd fellows cemetery on the hill overlooking that town, the last sad rites being held under the auspices of that fraternity.
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JOSEPH S. MILAM, a pioneer of the Pacific coast of 1852, is now an extensive stock man, fruit grower and farmer residing ten miles east of Washtucna. Born in Greene County, Indiana, September 5, 1835, he was the son of William and Elizabeth (Case) Milam, the father a native of Kentucky and the mother of Indiana. Until 1840 the parents settled in Indiana, then removed to Iowa, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They reared a family of four children: Francis A., Joseph S., Mary E. and George B.
When seventeen years of age the subject of our sketch left school and home to cross the plains to California. He drove a team throughout the entire journey, which consumed five months, and stopped at Los Angeles and from that point he went to San Diego to engage in coal mining. He met with a severe accident while thus engaged, and upon his recovery he engaged in teaming. Later, he spent two years driving team in Tulare county, then five years in Santa Cruz county. In the latter mentioned county he was engaged in farming, but in the end lost his property, whereupon he came to Walla Walla, Washington, in 1861.
Going from Walla Walla to Lewiston and Oro Fino, Idaho, he freighted among the mining camps until 1867, traversing meanwhile the states of Washington, Idaho and Montana. In 1868 he traded his freighting outfit for a start in cattle, and located near Dayton, Washington. Here he also engaged in farming for three years, when he traded his holding for property near Pataha, Garfield county, where he farmed until 1885. He also conducted an extensive stock business here, and for two years he was deputy sheriff under R. P. Steen, then sheriff of the county.
He came to Adams county in 1885 and settled where he still lives. He has six hundred and forty acres of land, upon which is an orchard of one thousand bearing fruit trees, besides a considerable tract devoted to the raising of wheat. He also owns a quarter-section of wheat land six miles from Washtucna. Mr. Milam keeps a herd of three hundred head of horses and one hundred head of cattle. He has his land all well improved, and is one of the well-to-do men of his county.
In 1868, occurred the marriage of Joseph S. Milam to Mary E. Ousley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ousley, natives, respectively, of Tennessee and Kentucky. The parents of Mrs. Milam settled in Garfield county in 1861, and in that county the father is now living in his eighty-fifth year.
Mr. and Mrs. Milam have two children living, Georgea and Kate, both living in Adams county.
Mr. Milam has always been an active working Democrat, having cast his maiden vote for Buchanan and his second for Stephen A. Douglas. For two years he was justice of the peace at Pomeroy, and in 1888-89 he was deputy sheriff of his county. Since coming to Adams county he has held the offices of county commissioner and member of the house of representatives, having been elected to the latter office in 1900. He also has served repeatedly as a member of his local school board.
He has always been a public spirited citizen and a man to whom the business interests of his county have learned to look for assistance in furthering any proposition that has for its purpose the upbuilding and betterment of the community at large.
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Marriage:
Mary Ellen "Belle" OWSLEY
b: SEP 1849 in Missouri
Married:
18 FEB 1868
in Walla Walla, Walla Walla Co., WA
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1900 United States Federal Census
Cow Creek, Fletcher, and McQueen Precincts
Adams County, Washington
Household Members:
Joseph Milam 64 -Head Sep 1835 IN -Farmer
Mary E. Milam 50 -Wife Sep 1849 MO
Wade Milam 23 -Son Feb 1870 WA
Kate Milam 15 -Dau Nov 1884 WA
District 14
House of Representatives Membership
1901: Joseph S. Milam - Democrat
___________________________
Adams County News
October 26, 1904, issue
Hon. Joseph S. Milam
Hon. Joseph S. Milam, ex-representative from this county in the state legislature, died
at Spokane October 22, 1904, of Bright's Disease. Funeral services and interment occurred at Washtucna, October 24th, in the Presbyterian church and was largely attended. The final resting place of this respected old pioneer is in the Odd fellows cemetery on the hill overlooking that town, the last sad rites being held under the auspices of that fraternity.
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JOSEPH S. MILAM, a pioneer of the Pacific coast of 1852, is now an extensive stock man, fruit grower and farmer residing ten miles east of Washtucna. Born in Greene County, Indiana, September 5, 1835, he was the son of William and Elizabeth (Case) Milam, the father a native of Kentucky and the mother of Indiana. Until 1840 the parents settled in Indiana, then removed to Iowa, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They reared a family of four children: Francis A., Joseph S., Mary E. and George B.
When seventeen years of age the subject of our sketch left school and home to cross the plains to California. He drove a team throughout the entire journey, which consumed five months, and stopped at Los Angeles and from that point he went to San Diego to engage in coal mining. He met with a severe accident while thus engaged, and upon his recovery he engaged in teaming. Later, he spent two years driving team in Tulare county, then five years in Santa Cruz county. In the latter mentioned county he was engaged in farming, but in the end lost his property, whereupon he came to Walla Walla, Washington, in 1861.
Going from Walla Walla to Lewiston and Oro Fino, Idaho, he freighted among the mining camps until 1867, traversing meanwhile the states of Washington, Idaho and Montana. In 1868 he traded his freighting outfit for a start in cattle, and located near Dayton, Washington. Here he also engaged in farming for three years, when he traded his holding for property near Pataha, Garfield county, where he farmed until 1885. He also conducted an extensive stock business here, and for two years he was deputy sheriff under R. P. Steen, then sheriff of the county.
He came to Adams county in 1885 and settled where he still lives. He has six hundred and forty acres of land, upon which is an orchard of one thousand bearing fruit trees, besides a considerable tract devoted to the raising of wheat. He also owns a quarter-section of wheat land six miles from Washtucna. Mr. Milam keeps a herd of three hundred head of horses and one hundred head of cattle. He has his land all well improved, and is one of the well-to-do men of his county.
In 1868, occurred the marriage of Joseph S. Milam to Mary E. Ousley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ousley, natives, respectively, of Tennessee and Kentucky. The parents of Mrs. Milam settled in Garfield county in 1861, and in that county the father is now living in his eighty-fifth year.
Mr. and Mrs. Milam have two children living, Georgea and Kate, both living in Adams county.
Mr. Milam has always been an active working Democrat, having cast his maiden vote for Buchanan and his second for Stephen A. Douglas. For two years he was justice of the peace at Pomeroy, and in 1888-89 he was deputy sheriff of his county. Since coming to Adams county he has held the offices of county commissioner and member of the house of representatives, having been elected to the latter office in 1900. He also has served repeatedly as a member of his local school board.
He has always been a public spirited citizen and a man to whom the business interests of his county have learned to look for assistance in furthering any proposition that has for its purpose the upbuilding and betterment of the community at large.
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Marriage:
Mary Ellen "Belle" OWSLEY
b: SEP 1849 in Missouri
Married:
18 FEB 1868
in Walla Walla, Walla Walla Co., WA
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1900 United States Federal Census
Cow Creek, Fletcher, and McQueen Precincts
Adams County, Washington
Household Members:
Joseph Milam 64 -Head Sep 1835 IN -Farmer
Mary E. Milam 50 -Wife Sep 1849 MO
Wade Milam 23 -Son Feb 1870 WA
Kate Milam 15 -Dau Nov 1884 WA
State of Washington
District 14
House of Representatives Membership
1901: Joseph S. Milam - Democrat
___________________________
Adams County News
October 26, 1904, issue
Hon. Joseph S. Milam
Hon. Joseph S. Milam, ex-representative from this county in the state legislature, died
at Spokane October 22, 1904, of Bright's Disease. Funeral services and interment occurred at Washtucna, October 24th, in the Presbyterian church and was largely attended. The final resting place of this respected old pioneer is in the Odd fellows cemetery on the hill overlooking that town, the last sad rites being held under the auspices of that fraternity.
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JOSEPH S. MILAM, a pioneer of the Pacific coast of 1852, is now an extensive stock man, fruit grower and farmer residing ten miles east of Washtucna. Born in Greene County, Indiana, September 5, 1835, he was the son of William and Elizabeth (Case) Milam, the father a native of Kentucky and the mother of Indiana. Until 1840 the parents settled in Indiana, then removed to Iowa, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They reared a family of four children: Francis A., Joseph S., Mary E. and George B.
When seventeen years of age the subject of our sketch left school and home to cross the plains to California. He drove a team throughout the entire journey, which consumed five months, and stopped at Los Angeles and from that point he went to San Diego to engage in coal mining. He met with a severe accident while thus engaged, and upon his recovery he engaged in teaming. Later, he spent two years driving team in Tulare county, then five years in Santa Cruz county. In the latter mentioned county he was engaged in farming, but in the end lost his property, whereupon he came to Walla Walla, Washington, in 1861.
Going from Walla Walla to Lewiston and Oro Fino, Idaho, he freighted among the mining camps until 1867, traversing meanwhile the states of Washington, Idaho and Montana. In 1868 he traded his freighting outfit for a start in cattle, and located near Dayton, Washington. Here he also engaged in farming for three years, when he traded his holding for property near Pataha, Garfield county, where he farmed until 1885. He also conducted an extensive stock business here, and for two years he was deputy sheriff under R. P. Steen, then sheriff of the county.
He came to Adams county in 1885 and settled where he still lives. He has six hundred and forty acres of land, upon which is an orchard of one thousand bearing fruit trees, besides a considerable tract devoted to the raising of wheat. He also owns a quarter-section of wheat land six miles from Washtucna. Mr. Milam keeps a herd of three hundred head of horses and one hundred head of cattle. He has his land all well improved, and is one of the well-to-do men of his county.
In 1868, occurred the marriage of Joseph S. Milam to Mary E. Ousley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ousley, natives, respectively, of Tennessee and Kentucky. The parents of Mrs. Milam settled in Garfield county in 1861, and in that county the father is now living in his eighty-fifth year.
Mr. and Mrs. Milam have two children living, Georgea and Kate, both living in Adams county.
Mr. Milam has always been an active working Democrat, having cast his maiden vote for Buchanan and his second for Stephen A. Douglas. For two years he was justice of the peace at Pomeroy, and in 1888-89 he was deputy sheriff of his county. Since coming to Adams county he has held the offices of county commissioner and member of the house of representatives, having been elected to the latter office in 1900. He also has served repeatedly as a member of his local school board.
He has always been a public spirited citizen and a man to whom the business interests of his county have learned to look for assistance in furthering any proposition that has for its purpose the upbuilding and betterment of the community at large.
________________
Marriage:
Mary Ellen "Belle" OWSLEY
b: SEP 1849 in Missouri
Married:
18 FEB 1868
in Walla Walla, Walla Walla Co., WA
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1900 United States Federal Census
Cow Creek, Fletcher, and McQueen Precincts
Adams County, Washington
Household Members:
Joseph Milam 64 -Head Sep 1835 IN -Farmer
Mary E. Milam 50 -Wife Sep 1849 MO
Wade Milam 23 -Son Feb 1870 WA
Kate Milam 15 -Dau Nov 1884 WA
District 14
House of Representatives Membership
1901: Joseph S. Milam - Democrat
___________________________
Adams County News
October 26, 1904, issue
Hon. Joseph S. Milam
Hon. Joseph S. Milam, ex-representative from this county in the state legislature, died
at Spokane October 22, 1904, of Bright's Disease. Funeral services and interment occurred at Washtucna, October 24th, in the Presbyterian church and was largely attended. The final resting place of this respected old pioneer is in the Odd fellows cemetery on the hill overlooking that town, the last sad rites being held under the auspices of that fraternity.
________________
JOSEPH S. MILAM, a pioneer of the Pacific coast of 1852, is now an extensive stock man, fruit grower and farmer residing ten miles east of Washtucna. Born in Greene County, Indiana, September 5, 1835, he was the son of William and Elizabeth (Case) Milam, the father a native of Kentucky and the mother of Indiana. Until 1840 the parents settled in Indiana, then removed to Iowa, where they spent the remainder of their lives. They reared a family of four children: Francis A., Joseph S., Mary E. and George B.
When seventeen years of age the subject of our sketch left school and home to cross the plains to California. He drove a team throughout the entire journey, which consumed five months, and stopped at Los Angeles and from that point he went to San Diego to engage in coal mining. He met with a severe accident while thus engaged, and upon his recovery he engaged in teaming. Later, he spent two years driving team in Tulare county, then five years in Santa Cruz county. In the latter mentioned county he was engaged in farming, but in the end lost his property, whereupon he came to Walla Walla, Washington, in 1861.
Going from Walla Walla to Lewiston and Oro Fino, Idaho, he freighted among the mining camps until 1867, traversing meanwhile the states of Washington, Idaho and Montana. In 1868 he traded his freighting outfit for a start in cattle, and located near Dayton, Washington. Here he also engaged in farming for three years, when he traded his holding for property near Pataha, Garfield county, where he farmed until 1885. He also conducted an extensive stock business here, and for two years he was deputy sheriff under R. P. Steen, then sheriff of the county.
He came to Adams county in 1885 and settled where he still lives. He has six hundred and forty acres of land, upon which is an orchard of one thousand bearing fruit trees, besides a considerable tract devoted to the raising of wheat. He also owns a quarter-section of wheat land six miles from Washtucna. Mr. Milam keeps a herd of three hundred head of horses and one hundred head of cattle. He has his land all well improved, and is one of the well-to-do men of his county.
In 1868, occurred the marriage of Joseph S. Milam to Mary E. Ousley, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Henry Ousley, natives, respectively, of Tennessee and Kentucky. The parents of Mrs. Milam settled in Garfield county in 1861, and in that county the father is now living in his eighty-fifth year.
Mr. and Mrs. Milam have two children living, Georgea and Kate, both living in Adams county.
Mr. Milam has always been an active working Democrat, having cast his maiden vote for Buchanan and his second for Stephen A. Douglas. For two years he was justice of the peace at Pomeroy, and in 1888-89 he was deputy sheriff of his county. Since coming to Adams county he has held the offices of county commissioner and member of the house of representatives, having been elected to the latter office in 1900. He also has served repeatedly as a member of his local school board.
He has always been a public spirited citizen and a man to whom the business interests of his county have learned to look for assistance in furthering any proposition that has for its purpose the upbuilding and betterment of the community at large.
________________
Marriage:
Mary Ellen "Belle" OWSLEY
b: SEP 1849 in Missouri
Married:
18 FEB 1868
in Walla Walla, Walla Walla Co., WA
_________________
1900 United States Federal Census
Cow Creek, Fletcher, and McQueen Precincts
Adams County, Washington
Household Members:
Joseph Milam 64 -Head Sep 1835 IN -Farmer
Mary E. Milam 50 -Wife Sep 1849 MO
Wade Milam 23 -Son Feb 1870 WA
Kate Milam 15 -Dau Nov 1884 WA
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