George William Whitehouse (abt. 1856 - 1923)

Born about 1856 in Macon, Decatur Co., IL

Husband of Emma K. (Paul) Whitehouse — married about 1884 in Union Co., OR

Died 15 Mar 1923 at about age 67 in Walla Walla, Walla Walla Co., WA

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Biography

GEORGE W. WHITEHOUSE, a member of the well known firm of Whitehouse, Crimmins & Company, dealers in and manufacturers of lumber, sash, doors, moldings, etc., in the city of Walla Walla, is one of the representative business men of the city and no compendium of this nature would be consistent with its defined province were there failure to accord him consideration within its pages.

Mr. Whitehouse is a native of the state of Illinois, having been born in Decatur, in the year 1856. He continued his residence in that commonwealth until he had reached the age of twenty years, having received excellent educational advantages in the public schools. At the age noted he journeyed westward to California, where he remained one year, at the expiration of which interval he identified himself with the business interests of Walla Walla, of which city he has been a resident practically ever since.

Upon his arrival here, in 1877, he engaged in business as a contractor and builder, having had careful training and ample experience up this line, and to this branch of industrial activity he devoted his attention, with marked success, until the year 1881, when he accepted the position as foreman of the building department of the Oregon Railway & Navigation Company, later identifying himself also with the Northern Pacific Railroad, and serving eventually as superintendent of construction of buildings for both roads during a period of two and one-half years. At the expiration of this time he again became a resident of Walla Walla, where he engaged in contracting and building until 1S88, when he became identified with his present important enterprise, which stands as one of the most potent factors in conserving the industrial pre-eminence of our city. His business associates are Dennis J. Crimmins and Charles Cooper, the mills and yards of the concern being eligibly located at the corner of North Third and Cherry streets, where employment is given to a corps of about twenty competent workmen.

In Union county, Oregon, in 1884, was solemnized the marriage of Mr. Whitehouse and Miss Emma Paul, and they are the parents of one son, George Paul, who was born in 1887. Mr. Whitehouse has but recently completed a residence, at the corner of Birch and First streets, which is one of the most attractive in the city, and this is the family home. The dwelling is of modern and effective architectural design and is equipped throughout with the best of improvements. Thus is added one more to the many beautiful homes for which Walla Walla is so justly celebrated throughout the Pacific northwest.

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

Sources

• 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