Photographs of the Byles Family, circa 1870s- circa 1880s
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Overview of the Collection
- Title
- Photographs of the Byles Family
- Dates
- circa 1870s- circa 1880s (inclusive)18701889
- Quantity
- 11 photographic prints (1 folder) ; sizes vary
- Collection Number
- PH1146
- Summary
- Images of the Byles family members
- Repository
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University of Washington Libraries, Special Collections
Special Collections
University of Washington Libraries
Box 352900
Seattle, WA
98195-2900
Telephone: 2065431929
Fax: 2065431931
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- Languages
- English
Biographical Note
Charles Byles was born in Warren County, Tenessee to James Byles and Isabelle Margaret Barnett in Agust 1809. In 1832 he married Sarah Wright Usher and they had 8 children, David Francis (1833-1897), James Baxter (1837-1840), Geroge Usher (1839-1842), Rebecca Euphemia (1841-1900), Charles Newton (1844-1897), Sarah Isabella (1847-1928), Hampton Bryant (1849-1849) and Luther James (1850-1850). Sadly, James Baxter, George Usher, Hampton Bryant and Luther James did not survive past childhood. In 1853 he and his four children were in the first party to use the Cascade Mountain route through the Naches Pass. They landed on the Nisqually Plain on October 3, 1853 and settled in Grand Mound, Washington. Charles became a farmer and traveling Presbyterian minister, going to remote area to preach. He died February 26, 1869.
Historical Background
December 29, 1852 army lieutenant, George B. McClellan is given the task of building a road through the Cascades at Naches Pass along a pre-existing American Indian trail. McClellan had already been tasked with a railroad survey, thus citizen work groups ended up doing the majority of the trail clearing and work. The original route was arduous and crossed the Naches River 68 times and included steep hillsides. The trail was used only a few times for wagon caravans as wagon traffic favored Snoqualmie Pass that was developed afterwards. It was more frequently used for livestock transfer from Eastern Washington to the markets in Puget Sound.
Content Description
Photographs of the Charles James Byles family members, including their children and grandchildren.
Use of the Collection
Restrictions on Use
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Administrative Information
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Byles Family
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Charles James Byles family
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Description: Charles James Byles seated with arms crossed
Written on verso: Rev Charles Biles (Byles) Early Olympia and Wash settler. Copy Photo made by Peterson & Bro-Seattle W.T.
Dates: undatedContainer: Folder 1, Item 1 -
Description: Sarah Wright Usher Byles
Sarah Wright Usher Byles was born September 7, 1811 and married Charles Byles in 1832. They had 8 children. She died January 1, 1883.
Printed on verso: Mrs. Charles Biles (Sara Usher Biles) Married in Kentucky, Early Wash. Pioneer.
Dates: undatedContainer: Folder 1, Item 2
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David F. Byles and family
David F. Byles was the oldest son of Charles James Byles. Hes was born in 1833 and married Mary Jane Hill. They lived in Elma, Washington and had eight children: Robert W (1855-after 1910), Hugh J. (May 15,1857-April14, 1906), Luther E. (1862-1944), Lee Newton (1864-March 6, 1944), Charles Porter (1873-December 18, 1965), Thad (January 6, 1875-December 11, 1948), Stella (September 11, 1877-June 23, 1888), and Otis (1881-unkown).
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Dates: circa 1880sContainer: Folder 1, Item 3
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Charles Newton Byles family
Charles Newton Byles was the fifth child of Charles James Byles. He was born in Madisonville, Kentucky and traveled with his family to Grand Mound, Washington in 1853. He worked as a government surveyor and in 1870 purchased acreage and platted the city Montesano, now in Gray Harbor County. He married Elizabeth Jane Medcalf in 1870 and they had six children: Edward (1871-1872), Henry (1873-1876), Francis William (November 25, 1875-October 28, 1953), Annie (September 26, 1877-September 4, 1964), Sarah Naomi (July 6, 1882-January 9, 1966), and Martha Bell (March 13, 1880-January 24, 1971). By 1886 the county seat was moved from Cosmopolis to Montesano and Byles donated his land for the county courthouse. In 1887 he started a bank and worked as county auditor and treasurer. He died in Montesano in 1897.
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Description: Etching of Charles Newton Byles
Written on etching: Hon. Charles N. Byles, Montesano, W.T.
Dates: circa 1880sContainer: Folder 1, Item 4 -
Description: Charles Newton and Elizabeth Jane BylesDates: circa 1880sContainer: Folder 1, Item 5
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Description: Elizabeth Jane BylesRogers,Olympia, Washington (photographer)
Elizabeth Jane Medcalf was born in Ontario on January 22, 1845 to William Medcalf and Martha Ann Binns Medcalf. She married Charles Newton Byles in 1870.
Dates: circa 1870-1880Container: Folder 1, Item 6 -
Description: Elizabeth Jane BylesJames and MerrihewSeattle, Washington (photographer)
Written on photo: Mrs. Biles Drew.
Dates: circa 1900Container: Folder 1, Item 7 -
Dates: circa 1880sContainer: Folder 1, Item 8
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Description: Charles Newton and Elizabeth Jane Byles with woman on porch of their house with children Annie, Francis, Sarah Naomi and Martha BelleJ.H. Blome,Montesano, Washington (photographer)Dates: circa 1870sContainer: Folder 1, Item 9
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Description: Charles Newton's daughters, Sarah Naomi, Annie and Martha BelleJ.H. Blome,Montesano, Washington (photographer)
All three daughters were born in Montesano, Washington. Annie died on Bainbridge Island, Washington in 1964. Sarah Naomi married John Leonard Hall on November 6, 1904. Martha Bell married Fred Rosmond in 1905.
Dates: circa 1870sContainer: Folder 1, Item 10
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Sarah Isabella Byles Ward Family
Sarah Isabella Byles was the sixth child of Charles James Byles, and married Dillis B. Ward.
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Description: Mable Ward Penington on front porch in bloomers, possibly a bathing costume (June, 1878-July 30, 1916)
Mable Ward Penington was the daughter of Dillis B. Ward and Sarah Isaabella Byles Ward. Her grandfather was Charles James Byles. Mable married General Carlos Alden Penington. Mable's sister, Elizabeth married Edmond Meany.
Dates: circa 1898Container: Folder 1, Item 11
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Form or Genre Terms
- Photographic prints
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Subject Terms
- Visual Materials Collections (University of Washington)
