DANIEL T. KYGER - One of the most highly respected of Walla Walla's citizens, an esteemed pioneer of this valley and a leading business man, the subject of this brief review is deserving of a place of eminence among the
men who have been instrumental in building up and shaping the destiny of the county.
He was born on the 17th of November, 1852, in the town of Kokomo, Indiana, and there he received his education. In 1864 he accompanied his parents to Nemaha county, Kansas, and thence to Missouri, where, in 1868, he joined a surveying party, with which he remained nearly a year. The next spring he came west, intending to try his fortunes in Arizona, but, on account of the Indian hostilities in that region, he changed his plan, coming north to the Walla Walla valley, with which he became identified July 3, 1869.
He was a member of the first party sent out by Dr. Baker to raft logs down the Yakima river for the doctor's railway from Walla Walla to Wallula, and in 1873 he became a clerk in the employ of Paine Brothers & Moore, with whom he remained until tliey retired from business.
In 1876 he opened a tobacco store on his own account, conducting the same for two years thereafter, but, at the end of that time, entering the employ of Johnson, Rees & Winans. Mr. Kyger was industrious and frugal, so
that by 1889 he had accumulated enough to enable him to purchase the business of his employers, which he did. Shortly afterward he disposed of a half interest in the establishment to Mr. Frank Foster, and the present firm of Kyger & Foster was formed. Their business has always been conducted on correct principles, with the natural result that it has come to be one of the best paying in the city, the patronage of the establishment coming from a large section of the surrounding county, and goods from their shelves finding their way irjto the remotest parts of the valley. They keep always on hand a large stock of dry goods, clothing, ladies' furnishing goods, etc., and are ever read to cater to the wants of their customers.
Mr. Kyger has long been a prominent and leading man in politics, supporting the issues of the Republican party, and he is also an enthusiastic leader in the Masonic fraternity, being a past eminent commander of Washington Commandery, No. 1. Knights Templar. In August, 1875, the marriage of our subject and Miss Addie Sickler was solemnized, and their union has been blest by the advent of six children, four daughters and two sons.
The sons, Miles E. and Daniel T., Jr., earned the right to rank among the world's heroes by sacrificing their noble young lives on the altar of their country, they having passed away while fighting the battles of the Republic in the Philippines. While they did not die on the field of battle, they are deserving of the same credit as though they had done so, for in enlisting for service in a pest-laden climate they encountered not only the danger from the bullets of the enemy but also that from the insidious encroachments of disease, and it is no disparagement of their right to the title of hero that they fell victims to the latter rather than to the former foe.
Miles E. Kyger was born in Walla Walla on May 21, 1876, and in the common and high schools of this city he received his general education. He graduated in the high school class of 1895, then engaged in the mercantile business in his father's store, rendering himself almost indispensible by his faithfulness and devotion to the duties in hand. When the call to arms was sounded, however, he thought tlie claims of patriotism paramount to those of business, so generously offered his services to his country. They were accepted and he was sent to Manila, where, on the 3rd of February, 1899, he succumbed to that dread disease, typhoid.
Five days afterward his younger brother, Daniel T., who had also felt it incumbent upon him to enlist, suffered a similar fate, and so the bereaved parents, and in fact the entire city of Walla Walla, were called to mourn a double loss. The younger brother had completed his public-school education at the time war was declared, and was diligently pursuing a course in the business college with the intention of thoroughly preparing himself for commercial success. Both the boys were energetic, promising young men, intensely popular with their associates, and respected by all who admire thrift, industry and sobriety, coupled with fine intellectual powers. When they passed away the entire state realized its loss, and many were the expressions of condolence received by the bereaved family, even the state senate taking cognizance of the matter and adopting the following resolution: "In grateful remembrance of our fallen heroes. Sergeant Miles E. Kyger and Daniel T. Kyger, Jr., comrades of Company I, First Washington Volunteers, who died in our country's service at Manila, to the bereaved parents, who sacrificed their only sons on the altar of our country, we, the members of the senate of the state of Washington, do tender our deepest sympathy in your hour of afiliction."
Source: Lyman's History of Old Walla Walla County (1918) (Public Domain)
Vol 1 Page 292
Author: William Denison Lyman, 1852-1920
History; Columbia County (Wash.)
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
men who have been instrumental in building up and shaping the destiny of the county.
He was born on the 17th of November, 1852, in the town of Kokomo, Indiana, and there he received his education. In 1864 he accompanied his parents to Nemaha county, Kansas, and thence to Missouri, where, in 1868, he joined a surveying party, with which he remained nearly a year. The next spring he came west, intending to try his fortunes in Arizona, but, on account of the Indian hostilities in that region, he changed his plan, coming north to the Walla Walla valley, with which he became identified July 3, 1869.
He was a member of the first party sent out by Dr. Baker to raft logs down the Yakima river for the doctor's railway from Walla Walla to Wallula, and in 1873 he became a clerk in the employ of Paine Brothers & Moore, with whom he remained until tliey retired from business.
In 1876 he opened a tobacco store on his own account, conducting the same for two years thereafter, but, at the end of that time, entering the employ of Johnson, Rees & Winans. Mr. Kyger was industrious and frugal, so
that by 1889 he had accumulated enough to enable him to purchase the business of his employers, which he did. Shortly afterward he disposed of a half interest in the establishment to Mr. Frank Foster, and the present firm of Kyger & Foster was formed. Their business has always been conducted on correct principles, with the natural result that it has come to be one of the best paying in the city, the patronage of the establishment coming from a large section of the surrounding county, and goods from their shelves finding their way irjto the remotest parts of the valley. They keep always on hand a large stock of dry goods, clothing, ladies' furnishing goods, etc., and are ever read to cater to the wants of their customers.
Mr. Kyger has long been a prominent and leading man in politics, supporting the issues of the Republican party, and he is also an enthusiastic leader in the Masonic fraternity, being a past eminent commander of Washington Commandery, No. 1. Knights Templar. In August, 1875, the marriage of our subject and Miss Addie Sickler was solemnized, and their union has been blest by the advent of six children, four daughters and two sons.
The sons, Miles E. and Daniel T., Jr., earned the right to rank among the world's heroes by sacrificing their noble young lives on the altar of their country, they having passed away while fighting the battles of the Republic in the Philippines. While they did not die on the field of battle, they are deserving of the same credit as though they had done so, for in enlisting for service in a pest-laden climate they encountered not only the danger from the bullets of the enemy but also that from the insidious encroachments of disease, and it is no disparagement of their right to the title of hero that they fell victims to the latter rather than to the former foe.
Miles E. Kyger was born in Walla Walla on May 21, 1876, and in the common and high schools of this city he received his general education. He graduated in the high school class of 1895, then engaged in the mercantile business in his father's store, rendering himself almost indispensible by his faithfulness and devotion to the duties in hand. When the call to arms was sounded, however, he thought tlie claims of patriotism paramount to those of business, so generously offered his services to his country. They were accepted and he was sent to Manila, where, on the 3rd of February, 1899, he succumbed to that dread disease, typhoid.
Five days afterward his younger brother, Daniel T., who had also felt it incumbent upon him to enlist, suffered a similar fate, and so the bereaved parents, and in fact the entire city of Walla Walla, were called to mourn a double loss. The younger brother had completed his public-school education at the time war was declared, and was diligently pursuing a course in the business college with the intention of thoroughly preparing himself for commercial success. Both the boys were energetic, promising young men, intensely popular with their associates, and respected by all who admire thrift, industry and sobriety, coupled with fine intellectual powers. When they passed away the entire state realized its loss, and many were the expressions of condolence received by the bereaved family, even the state senate taking cognizance of the matter and adopting the following resolution: "In grateful remembrance of our fallen heroes. Sergeant Miles E. Kyger and Daniel T. Kyger, Jr., comrades of Company I, First Washington Volunteers, who died in our country's service at Manila, to the bereaved parents, who sacrificed their only sons on the altar of our country, we, the members of the senate of the state of Washington, do tender our deepest sympathy in your hour of afiliction."
Source: Lyman's History of Old Walla Walla County (1918) (Public Domain)
Vol 1 Page 292
Author: William Denison Lyman, 1852-1920
History; Columbia County (Wash.)
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
DANIEL T. KYGER - One of the most highly respected of Walla Walla's citizens, an esteemed pioneer of this valley and a leading business man, the subject of this brief review is deserving of a place of eminence among the
men who have been instrumental in building up and shaping the destiny of the county.
He was born on the 17th of November, 1852, in the town of Kokomo, Indiana, and there he received his education. In 1864 he accompanied his parents to Nemaha county, Kansas, and thence to Missouri, where, in 1868, he joined a surveying party, with which he remained nearly a year. The next spring he came west, intending to try his fortunes in Arizona, but, on account of the Indian hostilities in that region, he changed his plan, coming north to the Walla Walla valley, with which he became identified July 3, 1869.
He was a member of the first party sent out by Dr. Baker to raft logs down the Yakima river for the doctor's railway from Walla Walla to Wallula, and in 1873 he became a clerk in the employ of Paine Brothers & Moore, with whom he remained until tliey retired from business.
In 1876 he opened a tobacco store on his own account, conducting the same for two years thereafter, but, at the end of that time, entering the employ of Johnson, Rees & Winans. Mr. Kyger was industrious and frugal, so
that by 1889 he had accumulated enough to enable him to purchase the business of his employers, which he did. Shortly afterward he disposed of a half interest in the establishment to Mr. Frank Foster, and the present firm of Kyger & Foster was formed. Their business has always been conducted on correct principles, with the natural result that it has come to be one of the best paying in the city, the patronage of the establishment coming from a large section of the surrounding county, and goods from their shelves finding their way irjto the remotest parts of the valley. They keep always on hand a large stock of dry goods, clothing, ladies' furnishing goods, etc., and are ever read to cater to the wants of their customers.
Mr. Kyger has long been a prominent and leading man in politics, supporting the issues of the Republican party, and he is also an enthusiastic leader in the Masonic fraternity, being a past eminent commander of Washington Commandery, No. 1. Knights Templar. In August, 1875, the marriage of our subject and Miss Addie Sickler was solemnized, and their union has been blest by the advent of six children, four daughters and two sons.
The sons, Miles E. and Daniel T., Jr., earned the right to rank among the world's heroes by sacrificing their noble young lives on the altar of their country, they having passed away while fighting the battles of the Republic in the Philippines. While they did not die on the field of battle, they are deserving of the same credit as though they had done so, for in enlisting for service in a pest-laden climate they encountered not only the danger from the bullets of the enemy but also that from the insidious encroachments of disease, and it is no disparagement of their right to the title of hero that they fell victims to the latter rather than to the former foe.
Miles E. Kyger was born in Walla Walla on May 21, 1876, and in the common and high schools of this city he received his general education. He graduated in the high school class of 1895, then engaged in the mercantile business in his father's store, rendering himself almost indispensible by his faithfulness and devotion to the duties in hand. When the call to arms was sounded, however, he thought tlie claims of patriotism paramount to those of business, so generously offered his services to his country. They were accepted and he was sent to Manila, where, on the 3rd of February, 1899, he succumbed to that dread disease, typhoid.
Five days afterward his younger brother, Daniel T., who had also felt it incumbent upon him to enlist, suffered a similar fate, and so the bereaved parents, and in fact the entire city of Walla Walla, were called to mourn a double loss. The younger brother had completed his public-school education at the time war was declared, and was diligently pursuing a course in the business college with the intention of thoroughly preparing himself for commercial success. Both the boys were energetic, promising young men, intensely popular with their associates, and respected by all who admire thrift, industry and sobriety, coupled with fine intellectual powers. When they passed away the entire state realized its loss, and many were the expressions of condolence received by the bereaved family, even the state senate taking cognizance of the matter and adopting the following resolution: "In grateful remembrance of our fallen heroes. Sergeant Miles E. Kyger and Daniel T. Kyger, Jr., comrades of Company I, First Washington Volunteers, who died in our country's service at Manila, to the bereaved parents, who sacrificed their only sons on the altar of our country, we, the members of the senate of the state of Washington, do tender our deepest sympathy in your hour of afiliction."
Source: Lyman's History of Old Walla Walla County (1918) (Public Domain)
Vol 1 Page 292
Author: William Denison Lyman, 1852-1920
History; Columbia County (Wash.)
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
men who have been instrumental in building up and shaping the destiny of the county.
He was born on the 17th of November, 1852, in the town of Kokomo, Indiana, and there he received his education. In 1864 he accompanied his parents to Nemaha county, Kansas, and thence to Missouri, where, in 1868, he joined a surveying party, with which he remained nearly a year. The next spring he came west, intending to try his fortunes in Arizona, but, on account of the Indian hostilities in that region, he changed his plan, coming north to the Walla Walla valley, with which he became identified July 3, 1869.
He was a member of the first party sent out by Dr. Baker to raft logs down the Yakima river for the doctor's railway from Walla Walla to Wallula, and in 1873 he became a clerk in the employ of Paine Brothers & Moore, with whom he remained until tliey retired from business.
In 1876 he opened a tobacco store on his own account, conducting the same for two years thereafter, but, at the end of that time, entering the employ of Johnson, Rees & Winans. Mr. Kyger was industrious and frugal, so
that by 1889 he had accumulated enough to enable him to purchase the business of his employers, which he did. Shortly afterward he disposed of a half interest in the establishment to Mr. Frank Foster, and the present firm of Kyger & Foster was formed. Their business has always been conducted on correct principles, with the natural result that it has come to be one of the best paying in the city, the patronage of the establishment coming from a large section of the surrounding county, and goods from their shelves finding their way irjto the remotest parts of the valley. They keep always on hand a large stock of dry goods, clothing, ladies' furnishing goods, etc., and are ever read to cater to the wants of their customers.
Mr. Kyger has long been a prominent and leading man in politics, supporting the issues of the Republican party, and he is also an enthusiastic leader in the Masonic fraternity, being a past eminent commander of Washington Commandery, No. 1. Knights Templar. In August, 1875, the marriage of our subject and Miss Addie Sickler was solemnized, and their union has been blest by the advent of six children, four daughters and two sons.
The sons, Miles E. and Daniel T., Jr., earned the right to rank among the world's heroes by sacrificing their noble young lives on the altar of their country, they having passed away while fighting the battles of the Republic in the Philippines. While they did not die on the field of battle, they are deserving of the same credit as though they had done so, for in enlisting for service in a pest-laden climate they encountered not only the danger from the bullets of the enemy but also that from the insidious encroachments of disease, and it is no disparagement of their right to the title of hero that they fell victims to the latter rather than to the former foe.
Miles E. Kyger was born in Walla Walla on May 21, 1876, and in the common and high schools of this city he received his general education. He graduated in the high school class of 1895, then engaged in the mercantile business in his father's store, rendering himself almost indispensible by his faithfulness and devotion to the duties in hand. When the call to arms was sounded, however, he thought tlie claims of patriotism paramount to those of business, so generously offered his services to his country. They were accepted and he was sent to Manila, where, on the 3rd of February, 1899, he succumbed to that dread disease, typhoid.
Five days afterward his younger brother, Daniel T., who had also felt it incumbent upon him to enlist, suffered a similar fate, and so the bereaved parents, and in fact the entire city of Walla Walla, were called to mourn a double loss. The younger brother had completed his public-school education at the time war was declared, and was diligently pursuing a course in the business college with the intention of thoroughly preparing himself for commercial success. Both the boys were energetic, promising young men, intensely popular with their associates, and respected by all who admire thrift, industry and sobriety, coupled with fine intellectual powers. When they passed away the entire state realized its loss, and many were the expressions of condolence received by the bereaved family, even the state senate taking cognizance of the matter and adopting the following resolution: "In grateful remembrance of our fallen heroes. Sergeant Miles E. Kyger and Daniel T. Kyger, Jr., comrades of Company I, First Washington Volunteers, who died in our country's service at Manila, to the bereaved parents, who sacrificed their only sons on the altar of our country, we, the members of the senate of the state of Washington, do tender our deepest sympathy in your hour of afiliction."
Source: Lyman's History of Old Walla Walla County (1918) (Public Domain)
Vol 1 Page 292
Author: William Denison Lyman, 1852-1920
History; Columbia County (Wash.)
Publisher: Chicago, Ill., S.J. Clarke Publishing Company
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