Quinland Dimond - Biography

From "History of North Washington" Published 1904
Ferry County Biographical Sketches

Transcribed by: Candy Grubb (candyg@theofficenet.com)
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QUINLAND DIMOND
    Quinland Dimond.  This venerable citizen of Ferry county is one
of the pioneers of this section and has had a vast experience in many parts
of the United States.
    He was born on Lake Champlain, New York, on October 13, 1829, being
the son of Thomas and Sally (Sleepes) Dimond, natives of New Hampshire.
They settled in Franklin county, New York, and there remained until their
death, the father passing away in 1860, and the mother in 1864.  The were
the parents of twelve children and our subject was the youngest.  In
Vermont and New York, our subject received his education, and until twenty-
one remained with his parents, at which time he started out for himself.
he first worked in a gristmill, then went to Palmyra, New York, and worked
in a distillery.  In 1852 hecame via the Isthmus to California and did
mining for two years.  He made considerable money at this and then took a
trip to New York and visited, after which he went to Sturgis, Mich., and
operated in the butcher business for five years.  Following this Mr. Dimond
raised broom corn and manufactured brooms for some time.  We next see him
working in a broom factory in Detroit, and in 1864, he crossed the plains
to Montana, and there mined for three years.  In 1870, he came to Walla
Walla and freighted for some time, after which he located a farm in Pleasant
valley.  In 1896 Mr. Dimond came to Ferry county, and opened a boarding
house, his wife being the first white woman in the camp at Republic.  He
then opened a hotel and later took his present place as a mining claim,
about one mile north from Republic.  He does farming and handles cattle
and has a well-improved estate.
    In 1878 Mr. Dimond married Miss Irene, daughter of William and
Mary J. Torrance, natives of Oregon.  She died in 1880, and in 1889, June
5, Mr. Dimond married Mrs. Mary Wiseman, widow of Harold Wiseman.  Mrs.
Dimond has one son by her former marriage, J.A., now living at home.  Mr.
Dimond is a stanch Republican.
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