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  Van Houten, B.C.
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NameB.C. Van Houten
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Cheney, Washington , United States
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Born 00, 1848 (176 years)
ContributorRalphie
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Nov 20, 2006 11:01pm
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InfoB.C. Van Houten, Republican, Spokane County, Third district, was born in Yates County, New York, in 1848; raised on a farm; educated at public schools, finishing at Naples Academy, New York; went to Umatilla, Oregon, in April, 1869; settled in Lane County, Oregon, in the mercantile and milling business; was the Wells-Fargo agent at that place; went to Spokane Falls in 1881, and was associated with A.A. Newberry in the land business; resided at Cheney; was elected auditor of Spokane County in 1884; organized the Citizens' National Bank of Spokane Falls; was delegate to the national convention from Oregon in 1876, and voted for Blaine from post to finish; is an extensive landholder; is a holdover fromt he first senate.

Legislative Manual of Washington, 1891-2, C.M. Barton.

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